The Director's Guidance on Charging
Annex A
Offences or circumstances, which must always be referred to a Crown Prosecutor for early consultation and charging decision - whether admitted or not
- Offences requiring the Attorney General's or Director of Public Prosecution's consent.
- Any indictable only offence.
- Any either way offence triable only on indictment due to the surrounding circumstances of the commission of the offence or the previous convictions of the person.
In so far as not covered by the above:
- Offences under the Terrorism Act 2000, the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 or any other offence linked with terrorist activity.
- Offences under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
- Offences under the Explosive Substances Act 1883.
- Offences under any of the Official Secrets Acts.
- Offences involving any racial, religious or homophobic aggravation.
- Offences classified as Domestic Violence.
- Offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 committed by or upon persons under the age of 18 years.
- Offences involving Persistent Young Offenders, unless chargeable by the police under Paragraph 3.3.
- Offences arising directly or indirectly out of activities associated with hunting wild mammals with dogs under the Hunting Act 2004.
- The following specific offences (see note 1):
- Wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm, contrary to Section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861
- Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, contrary to Section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861
- Violent Disorder contrary to Section 2 of the Public Order Act 1986
- Affray, contrary to Section 3 of the Public Order Act 1986
- Offences involving deception, contrary to the Theft Acts 1968 & 1978 (see note 2)
- Handling stolen goods, contrary to Section 22 of the Theft Act 1968
- Offences under the Fraud Act 2006.
