Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Prosecutions Act 1994 - SECT 38

Functions of Solicitor for Public Prosecutions

38. Functions of Solicitor for Public Prosecutions



(1) The functions of the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions are-

   (a)  to manage the Office of Public Prosecutions;

   (b)  to brief Crown Prosecutors or Associate Crown Prosecutors to appear in
        proceedings on behalf of the Director or, subject to subsection (1A),
        legal practitioners other than Crown Prosecutors or Associate Crown
        Prosecutors;



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(1A) The Director may establish guidelines on the classes of proceeding in
which he or she is to be consulted before legal practitioners other than Crown
Prosecutors or Associate Crown Prosecutors are briefed to appear on behalf of
the Director and, in any such proceeding, the Solicitor for Public
Prosecutions may only brief legal practitioners other than Crown Prosecutors
or Associate Crown Prosecutors after having consulted the Director.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1)(b) affects or takes away from the authority of
the Chief Crown Prosecutor under section 14(a).

(3) In the performance of his or her functions the Solicitor for Public
Prosecutions must have regard to the need to ensure that the prosecutorial
system gives appropriate consideration to the concerns of the victims of
crime.