Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Prosecutions Act 1994 - SECT 29

Director may make request to Attorney-General

29. Director may make request to Attorney-General



(1) The Director may request the Attorney-General to perform certain functions
or exercise certain powers of the Director under this or any other Act if the
Director considers it desirable in the interests of justice that he or she
should not perform those functions or exercise those powers whether because of
the existence or possible existence of a conflict of interest or for any other
reason.

(2) If the Attorney-General agrees to a request under subsection (1) he or she
may perform the functions or exercise the powers to which the request relates
or request the Chief Crown Prosecutor or a Crown Prosecutor to perform those
functions or exercise those powers.

(3) The performance of a function or the exercise of a power by the
Attorney-General, the Chief Crown Prosecutor or a Crown Prosecutor under this
section has the same effect for all purposes as it would have if it had been
performed or exercised by the Director.