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#### 3 Definitions 3 Definitions > > (1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires: > > > > Director means the Director of Public Prosecutions. > > > > indictable offence means an offence (including a common law offence) that may be prosecuted on indictment. > > > > offence means an offence against the laws of the State. > > > > part-time Crown Prosecutor means a Crown Prosecutor exercising his or her functions as a Crown Prosecutor on a part-time basis, as provided by an agreement referred to in section 4 (3A). > > > (2) In this Act: > > > > > (a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and > > > > > (b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty. > > **s 3:** Am 1995 No 28, Sch 2; 2006 No 23, Sch 3 \[1\]; 2007 No 51, Sch 2 \[1\].