Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 1229
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2014
Made
12 May 2014
Laid before Parliament
13 May 2014
Coming into force
9th June 2014
The Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on 9th June 2014.
Amendment of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1999
2. —(1) The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1999( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In Part 1 of the Schedule, after paragraph 16 insert—
“ 16A. The offence under section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 ( 3 ) , but only if it is the prosecutor’s case that the offence constitutes low-value shoplifting within the meaning of section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 ( 4 ) . ” .
Dominic Grieve
Attorney General
12th May 2014
1985 c. 23 . There are amendments to section 3(3) which are not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 1999/904 . Paragraphs 6 to 16 of the Schedule were added by S.I. 2012/2681 . There are amendments to the Schedule which are not relevant to this Order.
1968 c. 60 .
1980 c. 43 . Section 22A is inserted by section 176 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) . Section 176 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 will come into force on 13th May 2014 (article 3 of, and paragraph 17 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2014/949 ).