7.—(1) Section 21(1) (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.”.
Section 21(1)(b)(i) was amended by the Serious Crime Act 2007, sections 74(2) and 92, Schedule 8, paragraph 164(a). Section 21(1)(b)(iii) was inserted by the Serious Crime Act 2007, section 74(2), Schedule 8, paragraph 164(b).