Agency:
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Agency Number:
Start Date:
09 May 1986
Description:
Institute and undertake criminal proceedings on behalf of the Crown and advise police on criminal prosecutions. The first Director was appointed on 7 July. (Previously the Solicitor-General had also been Crown Advocate.)~
Legislation Administered:
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1973
Legislation Creating:
Crown Advocate Amendment Act 1986 (No. 42 of 1986).
Functions Performed:
Justice and legal administration
Controlling Agencies:
| Law Department (TA373) | 15 Mar 1983 | 17 Jul 1989 |
| Department of Justice (1) (TA921) | 17 Jul 1989 | 18 Sep 1998 |
| Department of Justice and Industrial Relations (TA1535) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Feb 2004 |
| Department of Justice (2) (TA1646) | 02 Feb 2004 |
Previous Agencies:
| Office of the Crown Advocate (TA1013) | 02 Jul 1973 | 09 May 1986 |
Series Created By Agency:
| SGD13 Criminal Prosecution Files. | 01 Jan 1858 | 31 Dec 1997 |
| AE416 Documents in Cases in Criminal Appeals. | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1989 |
| AD771 Records of the Director of Public Prosecutions Representing Tasmania before the Commonwealth Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. | 18 Dec 1986 | 03 Oct 1989 |
| AC723 Files of Supreme Court Solicitor in Appeal Against Publication of the Royal Commission Report Into an Attempt to Bribe a Member of the House of Assembly | 01 Jul 1991 | 31 Oct 1991 |