Agency Details

Agency Number:

TA1014

Title:

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

Start Date:

09 May 1986

End Date:

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.)

Information Sources:

Legislation Administered:

Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1973

Legislation Creating:

Crown Advocate Amendment Act 1986 (No. 42 of 1986).

Legislation Abolishing Agency:

Functions Performed:

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13 JUSTICE AND LEGAL ADMINISTRATION [1]

Controlling Agencies:

•	TA373 LAW DEPARTMENT	15 Mar 1983	17 Jul 1989
•	TA921 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (1)	17 Jul 1989	18 Sep 1998
•	TA1535 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS	18 Sep 1998	01 Feb 2004
•	TA1646 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (2)	02 Feb 2004

Previous Agencies:

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TA1013 OFFICE OF THE CROWN ADVOCATE

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 SOLICITOR BRIEFING DPP IN THE SUPREME COURT APPEAL AGAINST PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO AN ATTEMPT TO BRIBE A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY	01 Jul 1991	31 Oct 1991