17States may give members of staff of Office prosecution and appeal functions relating to State offences

#### 17 States may give members of staff of Office prosecution and appeal functions relating to State offences (1) Where a member of the staff of the Office, with the consent of the Attorney‑General, holds an appointment to prosecute offences against the laws of a State, the member may institute and carry on, in accordance with the terms of the appointment, prosecutions for such offences. (2) If a member of the staff of the Office is authorised by or under a law of a State to institute and carry on appeals arising out of prosecutions of offences against the laws of the State, being prosecutions by the Director as mentioned in paragraph 6(1)(m) or by members of the staff of the Office as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, the first‑mentioned staff member may institute and carry on such appeals in accordance with requirements of or under that law.