Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1983 - SECT 5

  (1)   There is established an Office to be known as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

  (2)   There shall be a Director of Public Prosecutions and an Associate Director of Public Prosecutions.

  (3)   The Office shall consist of the Director and the members of the staff of the Office.

  (4)   The Director shall control the Office.

  (5)   For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ):

  (a)   the Office is a listed entity; and

  (b)   the Director is the accountable authority of the Office; and

  (c)   the persons referred to in subsection   ( 3) are officials of the Office (other than persons engaged under subsection   28(1)); and

  (d)   the purposes of the Office include the functions of the Director referred to in section   6.