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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2000

                           Western Australia



                      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



            Director of Public Prosecutions
                Amendment Bill 2000


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:


1.      Short title
        This Act may be cited as the Director of Public Prosecutions
        Amendment Act 2000.




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     2.         Section 12 amended
                Section 12 of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991* is
                amended as follows:
                 (a) by inserting before "It is a function" the subsection
5                      designation "(1)";
                 (b) by deleting "section" and inserting instead --
                       " subsection ";
                 (c) by inserting the following subsection --
            "
10              (2)   It is a function of the Director to take over a
                      prosecution for a simple offence where the complaint
                      has been made or sworn by a person who is, or who is
                      in a class of persons, prescribed by regulations.
                                                                                 ".
15              [* Act No. 12 of 1991.
                   For subsequent amendments see 1998 Index to Legislation of
                   Western Australia, Table 1, p. 71.]




 


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