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PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1994 - SECT 43

Functions of Solicitor for Public Prosecutions

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

        (a)     to manage the Office of Public Prosecutions on behalf of the Director; and

        (b)     to brief Crown Prosecutors or Associate Crown Prosecutors to appear in proceedings on behalf of the Director or, subject to section 25A, legal practitioners other than Crown Prosecutors or Associate Crown Prosecutors; and

        (c)     the functions conferred on the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions as a member of the Director's Committee; and

        (d)     any other functions that are given to the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions by or under this or any other Act or by 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.

    (4)     The Solicitor for Public Prosecutions is—

        (a)     subject to the general direction and control of the Director in the performance of the Solicitor's functions; and

        (b)     responsible to the Director for the due performance of the Solicitor's functions.

    (5)     Nothing in this section or section 31A of the Public Administration Act 2004 affects or takes away from the role of the Chief Crown Prosecutor in controlling the day to day management of Associate Crown Prosecutors under section 14(a).

S. 44 substituted by No. 3/2012 s. 21.



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