
1 
This Order may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Police Forces) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1986.
2 
The bodies of constables listed in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified for the purposes of section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (which, amongst other things, places a duty on the Director of Public Prosecutions to take over the conduct of criminal proceedings and binding over proceedings instituted on behalf of a body so specified).
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
11th December 1985
SCHEDULE
Article 2


 British Transport Police Force
 City of London Police
 Dover Harbour Board Police
 Falmouth Docks Police
 Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company Police
 Manchester Dock Police Force
 Mersey Tunnel law enforcement officers
 Metropolitan Police Force
 Milford Docks Police
 Ministry of Defence Police
 Port of Bristol Police
 Port of Liverpool Police
 Port of London Authority Police
 Royal Parks Constabulary (England)
 Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Harbour Police
 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary
