DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1990 - SECT 20 Directions and guidelines by Attorney-General
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1990 - SECT 20
Directions and guidelines by Attorney-General(1) The Attorney-General may give directions or furnish guidelines to the director in relation to the performance or exercise by the director of his or her functions or powers.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a direction or guideline may relate to—
(a) the circumstances in which the director should institute or conduct prosecutions for offences; or
(b) the circumstances in which undertakings should be given under section 9.
(3) A direction or guideline shall be of a general nature and shall not refer to a particular case.
(4) The Attorney-General shall not give a direction or furnish a guideline unless he or she has consulted with the director.
(5) A direction or guideline is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act 2001
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(6) The Minister must present a direction or guideline to the Legislative Assembly within 5 sitting days after the notification of the direction or guideline.