Functions.
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The Chief Inspector shall—
a
inspect or arrange for the inspection of the operation of the Crown Prosecution Service,
b
report to the Attorney General on any matter connected with the operation of the Service which the Attorney General refers to him, and
c
submit an annual report to the Attorney General on the operation of the Service.
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The Attorney General shall lay before Parliament a copy of any report which he receives under subsection (1)(c).
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The Chief Inspector may designate an inspector to discharge his functions during any period when he is absent or unable to act.
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This section applies to the Serious Fraud Office as it applies to the Crown Prosecution Service.
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The Schedule to this Act (which makes further provision about the Chief Inspector) has effect.
S. 2 applied (7.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) , ss. 42 , 53(1) ; S.I. 2005/1126 , art. 2(1)
S. 2(5) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 30(1), 53(1); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(m) (with art. 6)
S. 2(4) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 17
S. 2(3A) inserted (2.6.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 149(1), 185(1)(2)(d)(5) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1226, art. 2