R v AB and Ors [2017] EWCA Crim 534 – S 222(1) LGA.
1) local authority’s broad power to prosecute under s 222 LGA not limited to offending within its area.
2) alleged criminality, to be prosecuted in reliance on s 222, must have actual or potential impact on inhabitants of local authority’s area beyond interests as UK citizens.
3) not sufficient, to fulfil s 222 requirements, that local inhabitants would benefit from commercial profits made by local authority in prosecuting offences committed outside its area.
4) harmful to public interest for local authority to set up national prosecutions unit, with no statutory basis, as alternative to CPS.
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