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Western Australia
Director of Public Prosecutions (Standing
Committee) Amendment Bill 2006
CONTENTS
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 -- Amendments to the Director
of Public Prosecutions Act 1991.
3. The Act amended 3
4. Section 37 inserted 3
37. Standing Committee of Houses of
Parliament 3
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Ms Walker, MLA)
Director of Public Prosecutions (Standing
Committee) Amendment Bill 2006
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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Part 1 Preliminary
s. 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Director of Public Prosecutions
(Standing Committee) Amendment Act 2006.
5 2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
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Amendments to the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991. Part 2
s. 3
Part 2 -- Amendments to the Director of Public
Prosecutions Act 1991.
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Part are to the Director of Public
5 Prosecutions Act 1991*.
[* Reprint 2 as at 25 November 2005 (see the Notes to the
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991)].
4. Section 37 inserted
After section 35 the following section is inserted --
10 "
37. Standing Committee of Houses of Parliament
(1) The Houses of Parliament are to establish a joint
standing committee of not less than six members and
comprising an equal number of members appointed by
15 each House.
(2) Subject to sub-section (3), the functions and powers of
the Standing Committee are determined by agreement
between the Houses and are not justiciable.
(3) The functions of the Standing Committee must
20 include --
(a) to recommend the sums to be appropriated by
Parliament for the purpose of enabling the
Director to perform his or her functions in
respect of each financial year, and to comment
25 generally on the budget of the office of the
Director;
(b) to monitor and to review the exercise of the
Director's functions and powers including
functions and powers relating to --
30 (i) staff recruitment;
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Part 2 Amendments to the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991.
s. 4
(ii) training;
(iii) brief out costs;
(iv) confiscation of assets pursuant to the
Criminal Property Confiscation
5 Act 2000 and the Misuse of Drugs
Act 1981;
(v) the Director's statement of prosecution
policy and guidelines;
(vi) services to victims of crime and Crown
10 witnesses;
(vii) the compilation of accurate sentencing
statistics; and
(c) to review the process under which the Director
is appointed.
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