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100B Independence of DPP
(1) The director of public prosecutions need not comply with a provision
of this Act that relates to a victims rights complaint if the director
considers that compliance would prejudice—
(a) the independence of the director of public prosecutions; or
(b) the prosecution of an offence.
(2) If the director of public prosecutions does not comply with a
provision of this Act, the director must tell the commission—
(a) that the director has not complied with a provision of the Act;
and
(b) the provision not complied with; and
(c) the reason for not complying.
(3) The director of public prosecutions must include in the director’s
annual report under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies)
Act 2004 the information mentioned in subsection (2) for each
occasion on which the director does not comply with a provision of