Annex G - Assignment of Additional Functions
Under Section 3(2)(g) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 the following assignments were made by the Attorney General to the Director of Public Prosecutions:
- the conduct of applications for warrants for further detention under section 43 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and their further extension under section 44;
- the function of responding to applications for the early removal of driving disqualifications under section 42 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988;
- the conduct of applications for access to special procedure and excluded material under section 9 and schedule 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and section 37 and schedule 5 of the Terrorism Act 2000;
- the conduct of any criminal proceedings instituted by an officer of the Office of National Statistics and the function of giving advice to the Office of National Statistics on matters relating to criminal offences; and
- the function of instituting or taking over the conduct of criminal proceedings in England and Wales relating to investigations concerning a general customs matter or a customs revenue matter conducted by any of the following:
- A designated customs official
- The Secretary of State
- Officials of the Secretary of State
- The Director of Border Revenue; or
- A person acting on behalf of any of the above.
Under Section 31(1) Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 the following assignments were made by the Attorney General to the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions:
The function of instituting criminal proceedings in England and Wales, assuming the conduct of criminal proceedings in England and Wales, or providing legal advice, relating to criminal investigations for offences under the customs and excise Acts conducted by any of the following persons:
(a) a designated customs official;
(b) immigration officers;
(c) officials of the Secretary of State;
(d) the Secretary of State;
(e) the Director of Border Revenue.
a person acting on behalf of persons mentioned in (a) to (e) above; and constables.
