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Prior to 1986 there were County Prosecuting Solicitors, but the 1986 Act was passed after a Commission of some kind considered the matter and recommended the formation of the CPS. And on the Commission there were one or two people who ended up in positions of importance on the newly formed CPS. It was said at the time that it was too unwieldy to handle the run of the mill cases, and such has proved to be the case.