New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"appeal" includes any proceedings in the nature of an appeal, including:

(a) any proceedings under Part 3, 4 or 5 of the Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 , and

(b) any proceedings referred to in section 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 .

"committal proceedings" means a hearing before a Magistrate for the purpose of deciding whether a person charged with an indictable offence should be committed for trial or sentence.
"coroner" includes any person exercising any of the jurisdiction or functions of a coroner.
"Deputy Director" means a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions.
"Director" means the Director of Public Prosecutions.
"indictable offence" means an offence (including a common law offence) that may be prosecuted on indictment.
"offence" means an offence against the laws of the State.
"Officer" means the Director, a Deputy Director, the Solicitor or a member of the staff referred to in section 32.
"prescribed summary offence" means a summary offence of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this Act.
"prosecutor" includes an informant, a complainant and an applicant under the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 .
"regulations" means regulations under this Act.
"Solicitor" means the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions.
"summary offence" means an offence that is not an indictable offence.

(2) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.