Western Australian Current Acts

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1991

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Terms used

   PART 2 -- Office of Director, and Deputy Director, of Public Prosecutions  

   4.      Offices created
            
   5.      Appointments
            
   6.      Deputy Director may perform Director’s functions
            
   7.      Tenure, salary etc. (Sch. 1)
            
   8.      Acting appointments
            
   9.      Judicial notice of appointment and signature

   PART 3 -- Functions of Director  

   10.     General principles as to performance of functions
            
   11.     Prosecutions
            
   13.     Appeals etc. as to prosecutions
            
   14.     Extraditions
            
   15.     Inquests
            
   15A.    Proceedings under High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020
            
   16.     Recovery of penalties etc.; proceedings under Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000
            
   16A.    Prosecuting offences of other jurisdictions
            
   17.     Assistance to officers of other jurisdictions
            
   18.     Additional and related functions
            
   19.     Taking over matters under s. 11 or 13, manner of
            
   20.     Powers of Director
            
   21.     Appearance by Director
            
   22.     Information from other officials, Director may request
            
   23.     Powers of other officials, Director may limit
            
   24.     Guidelines as to Director’s functions, Director may issue

   PART 4 -- Relationship with Attorney General  

   25.     General freedom from direction
            
   26.     Consultation
            
   27.     Directions by Attorney General
            
   28.     Director to act consistently with Attorney General
            
   29.     Director to give Attorney General information

   PART 5 -- Miscellaneous  

   30.     Staff for Director
            
   31.     Delegation by Director
            
   32.     Annual report of Director
            
   33.     Protection from personal liability
            
   34.     Regulations
            
   35.      Savings and transitional
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Tenure, salary, conditions of service, etc., of Director