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Australian Capital Territory
Director of Public Prosecutions
Regulation 1991
SL1991-24
made under the
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991, made under the
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990 (including any amendment made under the Legislation
Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 16 November 2025. It also includes any
commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to
16 November 2025.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
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This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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Penalties
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individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Australian Capital Territory
Director of Public Prosecutions
Regulation 1991
made under the
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990
Contents
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1 Name of regulation 2
3 Prescribed functions—Act, s 6 (1) (q) 2
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 4
2 Abbreviation key 4
3 Legislation history 5
Contents
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4 Amendment history 5
5 Earlier republications 6
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Regulation 1991
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Director of Public Prosecutions
Regulation 1991.
3 Prescribed functions—Act, s 6 (1) (q)
The following functions are prescribed:
(a) instituting or responding to, or conducting, on behalf of the
Territory or any other person as the appellant, applicant or
respondent, an appeal, application or review (including
administrative review) arising out of proceedings mentioned in
the Act, section 6 (1) (b);
(b) if the director, with the consent of the Attorney-General, holds
an appointment or commission or is otherwise authorised to
prosecute offences against the laws of the Commonwealth—
(i) instituting such a prosecution; or
(ii) conducting such a prosecution, whether instituted by the
director or not; or
(iii) instituting proceedings for the commitment of a person for
trial in relation to an indictable offence against a law of the
Commonwealth; or
(iv) conducting such proceedings, whether instituted by the
director or not; or
(v) instituting or responding to, or conducting, as or on behalf
of the appellant, applicant or respondent, an appeal,
application or review arising out of a prosecution or
proceedings mentioned in this paragraph;
Section 3
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in accordance with the terms of the appointment, commission or
authorisation if the prosecution or proceedings arises or arise out
of the facts or circumstances on which a matter mentioned in the
Act, section 6 (1) (a), (b) or (c) is based, being a matter that has
not been completed or otherwise determined before the
prosecution or proceedings is or are instituted.
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Endnotes
Legislation history 3
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3 Legislation history
This regulation was originally the Director of Public Prosecutions Regulations. It
was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.
Before 12 September 2001, a regulation commenced on its notification day unless
otherwise stated (see Subordinate Laws Act 1989 s 6).
Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991 SL1991-24
notified 16 October 1991 (Gaz 1991 No S115)
commenced 16 October 1991
as amended by
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 103
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 103 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001
No S65)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 3 pt 3.29
notified LR 6 November 2025
s 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.29 commenced 16 November 2025 (s 2 (1))
4 Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1 am R2 LA; R3 LA
Interpretation
s 2 om A2001-44 pt 103
Prescribed functions—Act, s 6 (1) (q)
s 3 hdg sub A2025-29 amdt 3.85
s 3 am A2025-29 amdt 3.86