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PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1994 - SECT 35A Senior Crown Prosecutor may act as Chief Crown Prosecutor

PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1994 - SECT 35A

Senior Crown Prosecutor may act as Chief Crown Prosecutor

S. 35A(1) substituted by No. 31/2021 s. 24.

    (1)     The Director's Committee may appoint a Senior Crown Prosecutor to act as the Chief Crown Prosecutor during any period when—

        (a)     the Chief Crown Prosecutor is acting as the Director under section 19B(1) ; or

        (b)     the office of the Chief Crown Prosecutor is vacant; or

        (c)     the Chief Crown Prosecutor is absent from duty or is, for any reason, unable to carry out the duties of the office.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the Governor in Council has appointed an Acting Chief Crown Prosecutor under section 19.

    (3)     A Senior Crown Prosecutor, while acting as the Chief Crown Prosecutor under subsection (1)—

        (a)     has the same powers and duties as the Chief Crown Prosecutor; and

        (b)     may perform any of the functions of the Chief Crown Prosecutor.