Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991 (ACT)
Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991
SL1991-24
made under the
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990
Republication No 4
Effective: 16 November 2025
Republication date: 16 November 2025
Last amendment made by A2025‑29
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991, made under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 16 November 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 16 November 2025.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
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Editorial changes
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This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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Modifications
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Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991
made under the
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990
Contents
Page
1 Name of regulation 2
3 Prescribed functions—Act, s 6 (1) (q) 2
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 4
2 Abbreviation key 4
3 Legislation history 5
4 Amendment history 5
5 Earlier republications 6
Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991
made under the
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990
Name of regulation
This regulation is the Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991.
Prescribed functions—Act, s 6 (1) (q)
The following functions are prescribed:
(a)instituting or responding to, or conducting, on behalf of the Territory or any other person as the appellant, applicant or respondent, an appeal, application or review (including administrative review) arising out of proceedings mentioned in the Act, section 6 (1) (b);
(b)if the director, with the consent of the Attorney-General, holds an appointment or commission or is otherwise authorised to prosecute offences against the laws of the Commonwealth—
(i)instituting such a prosecution; or
(ii)conducting such a prosecution, whether instituted by the director or not; or
(iii)instituting proceedings for the commitment of a person for trial in relation to an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth; or
(iv)conducting such proceedings, whether instituted by the director or not; or
(v)instituting or responding to, or conducting, as or on behalf of the appellant, applicant or respondent, an appeal, application or review arising out of a prosecution or proceedings mentioned in this paragraph;
in accordance with the terms of the appointment, commission or authorisation if the prosecution or proceedings arises or arise out of the facts or circumstances on which a matter mentioned in the Act, section 6 (1) (a), (b) or (c) is based, being a matter that has not been completed or otherwise determined before the prosecution or proceedings is or are instituted.
Endnotes
About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument AF = Approved form o = order am = amended om = omitted/repealed amdt = amendment ord = ordinance AR = Assembly resolution orig = original ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph CN = Commencement notice pres = present def = definition prev = previous DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously dict = dictionary pt = part disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule Assembly reloc = relocated div = division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No Gaz = gazette RI = reissue hdg = heading s = section/subsection IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law LR = legislation register sub = substituted LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Legislation history
This regulation was originally the Director of Public Prosecutions Regulations. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.
Before 12 September 2001, a regulation commenced on its notification day unless otherwise stated (see Subordinate Laws Act 1989 s 6).
Director of Public Prosecutions Regulation 1991 SL1991-24
notified 16 October 1991 (Gaz 1991 No S115)
commenced 16 October 1991as amended by
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 103
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 103 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)Statute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 3 pt 3.29
notified LR 6 November 2025
s 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.29 commenced 16 November 2025 (s 2 (1))Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1am R2 LA; R3 LA
Interpretation
s 2om A2001‑44 pt 103
Prescribed functions—Act, s 6 (1) (q)
s 3 hdgsub A2025‑29 amdt 3.85
s 3am A2025‑29 amdt 3.86
Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.
Republication No Amendments to Republication date 1 not amended 30 November 1991 2 A2001‑44 23 April 2002 3 A2001‑44 1 November 2004
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