Surveillance Devices Act 2007
56Consent of Attorney General to prosecutions
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56 Consent of Attorney General to prosecutions
56 Consent of Attorney General to prosecutions
(1) Subject to subsection (1A), proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations must not be instituted without the written consent of the Attorney General.
(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to proceedings for an offence against section 9 where the offence is charged as a domestic violence offence, within the meaning of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.
(2) In proceedings referred to in subsection (1), a consent to institute the proceedings purporting to have been signed by the Attorney General is evidence of that consent without proof of the signature of the Attorney General.
s 56: Am 2024 No 30, Sch 2[1] [2].