Australian Capital Territory

director of public prosecutions regulations
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Updated as at 11 November 1996
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
	1.	Citation
	2.	Interpretation
	3.	Prescribed functions

Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Director of Public Prosecutions Regulations.1
Interpretation
2.  In these Regulations—
“Act” means the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990.
Prescribed functions
3.  For the purpose of paragraph 6 (1) (j) of the Act the following functions are prescribed:
	(a)	instituting or responding to, or conducting, on behalf of the Territory or any other person as the appellant, applicant or respondent, an appeal, application or review (including 
administrative review) arising out of proceedings referred to in paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Act; 
	(b)	where the Director, with the consent of the Attorney-General, holds an appointment or commission or is otherwise authorised to prosecute offences against the laws of the Commonwealth—
	(i)	instituting such a prosecution; 
	(ii)	conducting such a prosecution, whether instituted by the Director or not; 
	(iii)	instituting proceedings for the commitment of a person for trial in respect of an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth; 
	(iv)	conducting such proceedings, whether instituted by the Director or not; or
	(v)	instituting or responding to, or conducting, as or on behalf of the appellant, applicant or respondent, an appeal, application or review arising out of a prosecution or proceedings referred to in this paragraph; 
in accordance with the terms of the appointment, commission or authorisation if the prosecution or proceedings arises or arise out of the facts or circumstances on which a matter referred to in paragraph 6 (1) (a), (b) or (c) of the Act is based, being a matter that has not been completed or otherwise determined before the prosecution or proceedings is or are instituted.  

NOTES
1.	Regulations 1991 No. 24 (in force under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990); notified in ACT Gazette on 16 October 1991 commenced on 16 October 1991.
2.	The Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 (No. 51, 1996) authorises the Parliamentary Counsel in preparing a law for republication, to make certain editorial and other formal amendments in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  Those amendments make no change in the law.  Amendments made pursuant to that Act do not appear in the Table of Amendments but details may be obtained on request from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.