Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 Explanatory Notes

Section 40: Functions of Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions as to persons arrested for designated offence

134.This section applies sections 37 to 37B (as inserted by Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003) of PACE (which make provision for the duties of custody officers and the DPP in relation to charging) to persons arrested by SOCA in relation to a designated offence, that is one that will be handled by RCPO.

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