Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Director, after consulting with the Director's Committee, may, on behalf of the Crown, appoint as an Associate Crown Prosecutor a person who is an Australian lawyer and who has practised as such for not less than 3 years.
(2) The appointment is to be made under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 .
(3) The designation of the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions under the Public Administration Act 2004 as having the functions of a public service body Head in relation to Associate Crown Prosecutors does not affect the operation of subsections (1) and (2).
(4) The Director has no power to remove an Associate Crown Prosecutor.
Note
Associate Crown Prosecutors appointed under this section may have their employment terminated by the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions in accordance with Division 8 of Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 . This is because the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions has the functions of a public service body Head under that Act in respect of those Associate Crown Prosecutors.
S. 38 substituted by No. 3/2012 s. 21.