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(paragraph 6.58)
1.14 We ask those consultees who favour any of the options set out in the second
question above to provide evidence of specific examples to support the option
selected.
An ancillary matter: automatic notification of private prosecutions
(paragraph 6.59)
1.15 We invite consultees to consider whether there should be automatic notification of
all private prosecutions to the DPP.
(paragraph 6.61)
PROVISIONAL PROPOSALS FOR THE REFORM OF THE CONSENT REGIME
The rejected options
1.16 We provisionally reject the option of making no change to the consents regime.
1.17 We provisionally reject the option of abolishing all consent provisions requiring the
consent of either the Law Officers or the DPP.
Rationalising the consents regime
(paragraph 7.3)
1.18 We provisionally propose that the consent regime should be reformed by way of
rationalisation.
The pool of offences
1.19 We provisionally conclude
(paragraph 7.4)
(1) that a requirement of consent should be used to control prosecutions for
those offences
(a) which directly affect freedom of expression;
(b) which may involve the national security or have some international
element; or
(c) in respect of which it is particularly likely, given the availability of
civil proceedings in respect of the same conduct, that the public
interest will not require a prosecution, and