New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 16

16 Directions to police etc by Director

(1) The Director may, by order in writing, give directions referred to in subsection (2) to--

(a) the Commissioner of Police, or

(b) any other person who institutes or conducts prosecutions for offences.

(2) Directions may be given requiring specified information or kinds of information to be referred to the Director for the purpose of enabling the Director to consider--

(a) instituting or carrying on a prosecution or prosecutions for a specified offence or class of offences,

(b) instituting, carrying on or taking over proceedings for a specified offence or class of offences, or

(c) instituting, carrying on or taking over other proceedings in connection with functions conferred on the Director whether under this Act or otherwise.

(3) A person to whom such a direction is given shall comply with the direction.

(4) In this section--

"offence" means an indictable offence or a prescribed summary offence.