Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1991

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used

   PART 2 -- Office of Director, and Deputy Director, of Public Prosecutions  

   4.      Offices created  
   5.      Appointments  
   6.      Deputy Director may perform Director’s functions  
   7.      Tenure, salary etc. (Sch. 1)  
   8.      Acting appointments  
   9.      Judicial notice of appointment and signature

   PART 3 -- Functions of Director  

   10.     General principles as to performance of functions  
   11.     Prosecutions  
   13.     Appeals etc. as to prosecutions  
   14.     Extraditions  
   15.     Inquests  
   16.     Recovery of penalties etc.; proceedings under Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000  
   16A.    Prosecuting offences of other jurisdictions  
   17.     Assistance to officers of other jurisdictions  
   18.     Additional and related functions  
   19.     Taking over matters under s. 11 or 13, manner of  
   20.     Powers of Director  
   21.     Appearance by Director  
   22.     Information from other officials, Director may request  
   23.     Powers of other officials, Director may limit  
   24.     Guidelines as to Director’s functions, Director may issue

   PART 4 -- Relationship with Attorney General  

   25.     General freedom from direction  
   26.     Consultation  
   27.     Directions by Attorney General  
   28.     Director to act consistently with Attorney General  
   29.     Director to give Attorney General information

   PART 5 -- Miscellaneous  

   30.     Staff for Director  
   31.     Delegation by Director  
   32.     Annual report of Director  
   33.     Protection from personal liability  
   34.     Regulations  
   35.     Savings and transitional
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Tenure, salary, conditions of service, etc., of Director  
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