http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1956/madeThe Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Police Forces) Order 1985WestlawKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-05-19CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES This Order specifies the police forces set out in the Schedule for the purposes of section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. The effect is that the duties of the Director of Public Prosecutions as head of the Crown Prosecution Service will include the taking over of the conduct of all criminal proceedings (other than “specified proceedings” as defined in section 3(3) of that Act) and all binding over proceedings instituted on behalf of one of those forces. 1985 No. 1956 CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Police Forces) Order 1985 Made 11th December 1985 Laid before Parliament 23rd December 1985 Coming into Operation 1st April 1986 In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, I hereby make the following Order:— 1 This Order may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Police Forces) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1986. 2 The bodies of constables listed in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified for the purposes of section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (which, amongst other things, places a duty on the Director of Public Prosecutions to take over the conduct of criminal proceedings and binding over proceedings instituted on behalf of a body so specified). Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 11th December 1985 SCHEDULE Article 2

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order specifies the police forces set out in the Schedule for the purposes of section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. The effect is that the duties of the Director of Public Prosecutions as head of the Crown Prosecution Service will include the taking over of the conduct of all criminal proceedings (other than “specified proceedings” as defined in section 3(3) of that Act) and all binding over proceedings instituted on behalf of one of those forces.