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The simple and practical solution set out in the amendment is for the police to carry out the redaction exercise in relation to any given case file only after the CPS has taken the decision to charge. What is proposed would not remove any substantive protection of the personal data in question. It would not remove the obligation to review and redact the personal data contained in material in the case file. It would simply provide for that review and redaction to be conducted by the police after, rather than before, a charging decision has been made by the CPS.