Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The functions of the Director:
(a) are performed on behalf of the Crown but may be performed in the name of the office of the Director; and
(b) do not affect any right that a person has to bring or conduct proceedings, unless the Director takes over those proceedings under this Part.
(2) Where an aspect of the investigation and prosecution of an offence is the subject of a national co-operative scheme or of an inter-government arrangement, the Director must have regard to and seek to give effect to that scheme or arrangement, its objectives and the policies being pursued under it, in the performance of the functions of the Director.