55 Extension of powers of non-legal staff
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (2008 c 4) | Legislation

55  Extension of powers of non-legal staff

(1)     Section 7A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c 23) (powers of non-legal staff) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2) (powers of designated non-legal staff)—

(a)     in paragraph (a)(ii), after “trials” insert “of offences triable either way or offences which are punishable with imprisonment in the case of persons aged 21 or over”;

(b)     after paragraph (a)(ii) insert—

“(iii)     the conduct of applications or other proceedings relating to preventative civil orders;

(iv)     the conduct of proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) in, or in connection with, the discharge of functions assigned to the Director under section 3(2)(g) above.”;

(c)     for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)     any powers of a Crown Prosecutor that do not involve the

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