Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A legal practitioner who commences to act for an accused must, as soon as possible after commencing so to act, serve a notice in Form 6–4B that the legal practitioner acts for the accused upon—
(a) the DPP; and
(b) the Judicial Registrar-Criminal Division.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a legal practitioner who ceases to act for an accused must, as soon as possible after so ceasing to act—
(a) serve a notice in writing in Form 6–4C that the legal practitioner has ceased so to act upon—
(i) the DPP;
(ii) the Judicial Registrar-Criminal Division; and
(iii) the accused;
(b) return to the Judicial Registrar-Criminal Division the copy of the depositions and all other material provided by the Judicial Registrar-Criminal Division in relation to the matter; and
(c) return to the DPP all materials provided by the DPP in relation to the matter.
(3) Where paragraph (2) applies to an officer of Victoria Legal Aid, the notice shall not be served and the materials shall not be returned until the expiration of the time for appeal against the decision to terminate legal assistance or the resolution of any such appeal (whichever last occurs) but must be respectively served and returned as soon as possible thereafter unless the decision to terminate legal assistance has been reversed.