The Code - Crown Prosecution Service
The Codefor Crown ProsecutorsOctober 2018CPS1 Table of contents Introduction ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ... 2 General Principles ........................................ ........................................ ................................. 3 The Decision Whether to Prosecute ........................................ ........................................ ...... 5 The Full code Test ........................................ ........................................ ............................... 7 The Threshold Test ........................................ ........................................ ............................. 12 Selection of Charges.
1.1. The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) is issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) under section 10 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. This is the eighth edition of the Code and replaces all earlier versions. 1.2. The DPP is the head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is the
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