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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1991 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a, 6. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991

12 of 1991

21 Jun 1991

s. 1 and 2: 21 Jun 1991;
Act other than s. 1 and 2: 3 Feb 1992 (see s. 2 and Gazette 3 Feb 1992 p. 531)

Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19

32 of 1994

29 Jun 1994

1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)

Government Employees Superannuation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 s. 54

60 of 1995

21 Dec 1995

30 Dec 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 1995 p. 6287)

Coroners Act 1996 s. 61

2 of 1996

24 May 1996

7 Apr 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Mar 1997 p. 1529)

Equal Opportunity Amendment Act (No. 3) 1997 s. 8

42 of 1997

9 Dec 1997

6 Jan 1998 (see s. 2(1))

State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 39(1)

43 of 2000

2 Nov 2000

17 Feb 2001 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 16 Feb 2001 p. 903)

Criminal Property Confiscation (Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 12 3

69 of 2000

6 Dec 2000

1 Jan 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2000 p. 7903)

Reprint of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 as at 1 Jun 2001 (includes amendments listed above)

Criminal Law (Procedure) Amendment Act 2002 Pt. 4 Div. 4

27 of 2002

25 Sep 2002

27 Sep 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Sep 2002 p. 4875)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Courts and Legal Practice) Act 2003 s. 31, 110 and 124

65 of 2003

4 Dec 2003

1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722)

Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment Act 2004

21 of 2004

8 Sep 2004

6 Oct 2004

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141 4

59 of 2004 (as amended by No. 2 of 2008 s. 77(7))

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 Pt. 6 and s. 80

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Reprint 2: The Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 as at 25 Nov 2005 (includes amendments listed above)

Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 659

21 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)

Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 31

18 of 2009

16 Sep 2009

17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4

19 of 2010

28 Jun 2010

11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

Reprint 3: The Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 as at 4 Nov 2011 (includes amendments listed above)

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 39(2) 5

43 of 2000

2 Nov 2000

To be proclaimed (see s. 2(2))

2 The Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 was repealed by the State Superannuation Act 2000 s. 39, but its provisions continue to apply to and in relation to certain schemes because of the State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 26.

3 The Criminal Property Confiscation (Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 12(3) reads as follows:


(3) Despite the amendment effected by subsection (1), the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 as in force before the commencement of this Act continues to apply in relation to the administration of the Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1988 to the extent that the operation of the latter Act is continued by this Act.


4 The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 1 cl. 46 (amendment to s. 11(2)) was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(7).

5 On the date at which this compilation was prepared, the State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 39(2) had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


(2) Clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 is amended as follows:

(a) subclauses (1), (2) and (4) are deleted;

(b) in subclause (5) by deleting “a contributor within the meaning of the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 or”;

(c) in subclause (7) by deleting “Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 or the”;

(d) in subclause (8) by deleting “the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 or”.


6 The amendment in the State Superannuation Amendment Act 2007 s. 80 is not included because it was repealed by the State Superannuation Amendment Act 2011 s. 4 before the amendment purported to come into operation.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
Australian lawyer 3
Confiscation Act 16(3)
corresponding function 17(2)
corresponding public officer 17(2)
Deputy Director 3
Director 3
document 22(4)
legal experience 5(4)
legal practitioner 3
misbehaviour Sch. 1 cl. 6(2)
offence 3
prescribed 18(3)
public service 3

















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