This means that any extension would not only be: - subject to a specific case being made by the
Director of Public Prosecutions; - subject every seven days up to the agreed limit to the approval
of a High Court Judge; - subject to the regular report
of the independent reviewer with an annual debate in parliament; - but
also be subject in each and every instance to a specific parliamentary notification procedure, to a further statement to parliament on the individual case, a review on the specific case by the independent reviewer and with the provision for this House to scrutinise and debate the report and all the circumstances.
The SFO will publish operational guidance and Codes
of Practice from time to time (e.g., on issues
of treatment
of evidence, witnesses and legal representation at interviews, deferred
prosecution agreements, corporate self - reporting) and also publishes its related prosecution policies and protocols (such as the Bribery Act Joint Prosecution Guidance of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - actio
prosecution agreements, corporate self - reporting) and
also publishes its related
prosecution policies and protocols (such as the Bribery Act Joint Prosecution Guidance of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - actio
prosecution policies and protocols (such as the Bribery Act Joint
Prosecution Guidance of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - actio
Prosecution Guidance
of The
Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The
Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate
Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case
of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - action letters).
They are
also unhappy that the
director of public prosecutions has to give consent to any
prosecutions, that the legislation lacks extra-territorial bite, and that the test
of senior management failure is too restricted — namely that «only those persons who play a significant role in decisions or in the actual managing or organising
of the whole or a substantial part
of those activities» can be the catalyst for the offence.