SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Deferred prosecution agreements

Part 1General

Designated prosecutors

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1

The following are designated prosecutors—

a

the Director of Public Prosecutions;

b

the Director of the Serious Fraud Office;

c

any prosecutor designated under this paragraph by an order made by the Secretary of State.

2

A designated prosecutor must exercise personally the power to enter into a DPA and, accordingly, any enactment that enables a function of a designated prosecutor to be exercised by a person other than the prosecutor concerned does not apply.

3

But if the designated prosecutor is unavailable, the power to enter into a DPA may be exercised personally by a person authorised in writing by the designated prosecutor.