Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 1 – Terrorist Asset-Freezing Offences Section 37 – Consent to prosecution
87.Section 37 provides that proceedings for an offence under Part 1 other than for an offence under section 19(5) or 22 may not be instituted except by or with the consent of, in England and Wales, the Attorney General and, in Northern Ireland, the Advocate General (subsection (1)). Subsection (2) provides that nothing in section 37 prevents the arrest or remanding in custody or on bail of a person charged with an offence under that Part.