Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 830
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Simple Cautions) (Specification of Police Ranks) Order 2015
Made
19th March 2015
Coming into force
13th April 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(5) and 18(1) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Simple Cautions) (Specification of Police Ranks) Order 2015 and comes into force on 13th April 2015.
Interpretation
2. In this Order, “the 2015 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015.
Specified ranks
3. A police officer who makes a determination listed in column 1 of the table in the Schedule must not be below the rank specified in the corresponding entry in column 2.
Shailesh Vara
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
19th March 2015
Article 3
SCHEDULE
Specified ranks for the purposes of section 17(2), (3) and (4) of the 2015 Act
| Column 1 (Determination) | Column 2 (Minimum rank) |
|---|---|
| Whether there are exceptional circumstances for the purposes of section 17(2) of the 2015 Act | Superintendent |
| Whether there are exceptional circumstances for the purposes of section 17(3) of the 2015 Act | Inspector |
| Whether there are exceptional circumstances for the purposes of section 17(4) of the 2015 Act | Inspector |
| Whether a previous offence is similar to the offence admitted for the purposes of section 17(4)(b) of the 2015 Act | Inspector |