Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Prosecutions Act 1994 - SECT 31

PART 5 CROWN PROSECUTORS

Appointment

31. Appointment



(1) The Governor in Council may appoint as a Crown Prosecutor a person who is
an Australian lawyer and who has practised as such for not less than 5 years.

(2) The Governor in Council may appoint as many Crown Prosecutors as are
required.

(3) A person appointed as a Crown Prosecutor may be appointed as a Senior
Crown Prosecutor.

(4) The office of one Senior Crown Prosecutor may be designated as Senior
Crown Prosecutor (Major Trials) and the holder of that office is to be
assigned special responsibility in relation to trials of a particularly
complex nature.

(5) An appointment as a Crown Prosecutor may be made on a full-time or
part-time basis.