Section 22 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) (power of Secretary of State to set time limits in relation to preliminary stages of criminal proceedings) is amended as follows.
After subsection (6A) there is inserted—
Section 70: Effect on time limits in relation to preliminary stages
Criminal Justice Act 2003 · 2003 c. 44View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 9: Prosecution appeals
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