Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1990 - SECT 39

    (1)     On and from the commencement of this Act:

        (a)     the Director shall take over from the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General or Solicitor for the Northern Territory the conduct of all criminal proceedings continuing immediately before the commencement of this section;

        (b)     all acts, matters and things made or done by or on behalf of or in the name of the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General or Solicitor for the Northern Territory in relation to those criminal proceedings shall be deemed to have been made or done by or on behalf of or in the name of the Director;

        (c)     a reference to the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General or Solicitor for the Northern Territory in an order or document arising from or relating to those criminal proceedings shall, unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter, be deemed to be a reference to the Director; and

        (d)     all documents served on or by or on behalf of or in the name of the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General or Solicitor for the Northern Territory in connection with those criminal proceedings shall be deemed to have been served on or by or on behalf of the Director.

    (2)     Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), the operation of an authority, sanction or consent given before the commencement of this section by the Attorney-General, or other person empowered, to the commencement of proceedings in relation to an offence shall not be abated or affected thereby.