
1 
This Order may be cited as the Prosecution
of Offences Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985.
2 
In this Order 
“the Act” means the 
Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.

3 
The provisions of the Act specified
in Schedule 1
to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1986.
4 
The provisions of the Act specified
in Schedule 2
to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1986 in the following areas,
namely the counties of—
 Durham
 Greater Manchester
 Merseyside
 Northumberland
 South Yorkshire
 Tyne and Wear
 West Midlands and
 West Yorkshire,
save that paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of section 3(2) of
the Act shall not apply in relation to proceedings transferred (whether on
appeal or otherwise) to an area where those provisions are in force from an
area where they are not.
5 
Where the Director of Public Prosecutions
has the conduct of proceedings under section
3 or 6
of the Act because he has taken them over or instituted them under one of
those sections and those proceedings are then transferred (whether on appeal
or otherwise) to an area where those sections are not in force, the provisions
of the Act specified in Schedule 2
to this Order shall nevertheless continue to apply in relation to those proceedings.

Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
29th November 1985
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3

Provisions of the
Act Subject matter of provisions

Section 24. 
Restriction of vexations prosecutions.
Section 28.
 Repeal of 
section 9 of Perjury Act 1911.


Section 31(5) and (6).
 Minor and consequential amendments and
repeals.
In 
Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 and 5.
 Minor and consequential amendments.

So much of 
Schedule 2 as is specified in the Appendix
hereto. Repeals.
APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 1

Chapter Short Title 
Extent of repeal

1911 c.6. 
The Perjury Act 1911.
 Section
9.

1933 c.36. 
The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1933. In section 2(2)(b),
the words from “or pursuant” to “Act
1911”.

1966 c.34. 
The Industrial Development Act 1966.
 In section
8(12), the words “the Director
of Public Prosecutions”.
1968 c.73.
 The Transport
Act 1968. 
In paragraph 10 of Schedule 8,
the words “the Director of Public Prosecutions”.


1972 c.68. 
The European Communities Act 1972.
 In section
11(1), the words “in England or
Wales or” and “section
9 of the Perjury Act 1911
or”.

1976 c.63. 
The Bail Act 1976.
 In Schedule
2, paragraph 6.
1983 c.2.
 The Representation
of the People Act 1983. In section 181, 
subsections (4) and (8).

SCHEDULE 2
Article 4

Provisions of the Act Subject matter of provisions
Part I
(excluding section 9
and those sections which came into force on the passing of the Act on 23rd
May 1985, namely sections 11 to
13 and section 15
so far as it applies in relation to 
sections 11 to 13). The Crown Prosecution Service.
Section 23.
 Discontinuance of proceedings in magistrates'
courts.

Section 25. 
Consents to prosecutions etc.

Section 26. 
Consents to be admissible in evidence.
Section 27.
 Care proceedings involving allegation
of offences.
In Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 to 3.
 Minor and consequential amendments.

So much of 
Schedule 2 as is specified in the Appendix
hereto. Repeals.
APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 2

Chapter Short
Title Extent of repeal


1979 c.31. 
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1979.
 The whole Act.
1980 c.43.
 The Magistrates'
Courts Act 1980. In section 25(3),
the words from “but” to the end.