Queensland Consolidated Acts

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1984

- As at 1 March 2023 
- Act 95 of 1984 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      (Repealed)
   3.      (Repealed)
   4.      Definitions

   PART 2 - OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

           Division 1 - Director of Public Prosecutions and Office

   4A.     The Director of Public Prosecutions and Office

           Division 1A - Provisions about director of public prosecutions

   5.      Appointment of director
   6.      Termination of director’s appointment
   7.      Other employment curtailed
   8.      (Repealed)
   9.      (Repealed)
   10.     Functions of director
   10A.    Guidelines by Attorney-General
   11.     Powers of director
   12.     Referral of charge to director
   13.     Assistance for director
   14.     (Repealed)
   15.     Judicial notice of director’s signature
   16.     Annual report of director

           Division 2 - Deputy directors of prosecutions

   17.     Appointment of deputy directors of public prosecutions
   18.     (Repealed)
   19.     Conditions of appointment
   20.     Termination of appointments
   21.     Suspension and removal from office
   22.     Authority of Governor in Council to remove etc.

           Division 3 - Crown prosecutors and other officers assisting director

   23.     Appointment of officers

   PART 3 - MISCELLANEOUS

   23A.    Delegation by director
   24.     Appointees to offices authorised to present indictments
   24A.    Prohibition on disclosure of information
   24B.    Criminal history checks
   24C.    Disclosures by police officers
   25.     Protection of persons executing Act
   26.     (Repealed)
   27.     Director’s professional involvement no bar
   28.     Retention of rights as public servant
   29.     Entitlement of certain persons to appointment under Crown
   30.     Meaning of expression prescribed office
   31.     Provisions concerning superannuation
   32.     Administrative and financial control
   33.     Regulation-making power
   34.     Director of prosecutions references etc.
   35.     Director of Prosecutions Act 1984 references