DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS AMENDMENT BILL 1999

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Serial 179

Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment Act 1999

Ms Hickey

A BILL
for
AN ACT

to amend the Director of Public Prosecutions Act

Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment Act 1999

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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No. of 1999
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AN ACT

to amend the Director of Public Prosecutions Act

[Assented to 1999]
[Second reading 1999]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment Act 1999.

2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the date fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3. New section
The Director of Public Prosecutions Act is amended by inserting after section 13 the following:

"13A. Matters relating to Domestic Violence Act

"It is a function of the Director to conduct and take over proceedings –

(a) for or relating to an application for a restraining order within the meaning of the

Domestic Violence Act

; and

(b) for an offence against the Domestic Violence Act.".

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