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Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984
sec.23Appointment of officers
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### sec.23 Appointment of officers
The following officers may be appointed to assist the director in the discharge of the director’s functions—
so many Australian lawyers as necessary to be crown prosecutors;
so many other officers as necessary.
An officer appointed for a purpose referred to in subsection (1) is to be appointed under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
s 23 sub 1990 No. 82 s 6
amd 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2 ; 2004 No. 11 s 596 sch 1 ; 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3
(sec.23-ssec.1) The following officers may be appointed to assist the director in the discharge of the director’s functions— so many Australian lawyers as necessary to be crown prosecutors; so many other officers as necessary.
(sec.23-ssec.2) An officer appointed for a purpose referred to in subsection (1) is to be appointed under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
- (a) so many Australian lawyers as necessary to be crown prosecutors;
- (b) so many other officers as necessary.