The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985

• Citation: S.I. 1985/1849
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985.

Section 2

In this Order “ the Act ” means the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 .

Section 3

The provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1986.

Section 4

The provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1986 in the following areas, namely the counties of—

Durham

Greater Manchester

Merseyside

Northumberland

South Yorkshire

Tyne and Wear

West Midlands and

West Yorkshire,

save that paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of section 3(2) of the Act shall not apply in relation to proceedings transferred (whether on appeal or otherwise) to an area where those provisions are in force from an area where they are not.

Section 5

Where the Director of Public Prosecutions has the conduct of proceedings under section 3 or 6 of the Act because he has taken them over or instituted them under one of those sections and those proceedings are then transferred (whether on appeal or otherwise) to an area where those sections are not in force, the provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall nevertheless continue to apply in relation to those proceedings.