SCHEDULE 1Amendments of the POA 1985 and the CRCA 2005

PART 2The CRCA 2005

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1

Section 2113 (disclosure to prosecuting authority) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)(b)(ii), omit “(within the meaning of section 35(5)(b))”.

3

In subsection (1)(b)(iii), for “the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions” substitute “the Director of Public Prosecutions”.

4

In subsection (2)(a), for “the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions” substitute “the Director of Public Prosecutions”.

5

After subsection (2) insert—

2A

In subsection (1) “criminal investigation” means any process—

i

for considering whether an offence has been committed,

ii

for discovering by whom an offence has been committed, or

iii

as a result of which an offence is alleged to have been committed.

6

In subsection (7), for the words from “only—” to the end substitute “only by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.”.