Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 No 207
Table of versions
| Effective date | Publication date | Amendments included | Notes |
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| 18 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 2022 No
49 |
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| 28 November 2018 | 28 November 2018 | 2018 No
87 |
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| 30 April 2018 | 30 April 2018 | 2017 No
55 |
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| 01 July 2017 | 01 July 2017 | 2016 No
61 |
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| 15 July 2015 | 15 July 2015 | 2015 No
15 |
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| 08 July 2015 | 08 July 2015 | 2015 No
15 |
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| 01 January 2013 | 01 January 2013 | 2012 No
80 |
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| 21 March 2012 | 21 March 2012 | 2012 No
11 |
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| 25 November 2011 | 25 November 2011 | 2011 No
65 |
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| 13 September 2011 | 13 September 2011 | 2011 No
34 |
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| 07 June 2011 | 07 June 2011 | 2011 No
8 |
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| 06 July 2009 | 06 July 2009 | 2007 No
94 |
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| 01 July 2009 | 01 July 2009 | 2009 No
49 |
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| 01 July 2008 | 01 July 2008 | 2008 No
53 |
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| 10 March 2008 | 10 March 2008 | 2007 No
80 |
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| 01 January 2008 | 01 January 2008 | 2006 No
107 |
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| 01 November 2007 | 01 November 2007 | 2007 No
51 |
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| 12 March 2007 | 12 March 2007 | 2006 No
73 |
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| 15 June 2005 | 15 June 2005 | 2005 No
31 |
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| 07 July 2003 | 07 July 2003 | 2001 No
121 |
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| 19 November 2001 | 19 November 2001 | 2001 No
7 |
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| 01 January 2000 | 01 January 2000 | 1999 No
94 |
Original legislation
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 No 207
Assented to 23.12.1986.
Date of commencement of Parts 1, 2 and 5, sec 36 excepted, and Sch 1, 2.3.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 38 of 27.2.1987, p 1029.
Date of commencement of Parts 3 and 4 and sec 36, 13.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 117 of 10.7.1987, p 3860.
Amending legislation
Criminal Procedure Legislation Amendment (Prosecution of Indictable Offences) Act 2022 No 49
Assented to 18.10.2022.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018 No 87
Assented to 28.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Act 2017 No 55
Assented to 24.10.2017.
Date of commencement, 30.4.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (164) LW 27.4.2018.
Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 No 61
Assented to 14.11.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.16, 1.7.2017, sec 2 (1) and 2017 (256) LW 16.6.2017.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 No 15
Assented to 29.06.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.7.2015, sec 2 (1).
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.7.2015, sec 2 (3).
Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment (Disclosures) Act 2012 No 80
Assented to 29.10.2012.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (632) LW 14.12.2012.
Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2012 No 11
Assented to 21.03.2012.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment (Disclosures) Act 2011 No 65
Assented to 25.11.2011.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Crown Law Officers Legislation Amendment (Retirement Age) Act 2011 No 34
Assented to 13.09.2011.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 No 8
Assented to 07.06.2011.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 No 49
Assented to 26.06.2009.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2008 No 53
Assented to 01.07.2008.
Date of commencement of Sch 11, assent, sec 2 (1).
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94
Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Schs 1.30 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 No 80
Assented to 07.12.2007.
Date of commencement, 10.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 7.3.2008, p 1429.
Crown Law Officers Legislation Amendment (Abolition of Life Tenure) Act 2007 No 51
Assented to 01.11.2007.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No 107
Assented to 29.11.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, 1.1.2008, Sch 1.12 and GG No 175 of 30.11.2007, p 8671.
Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence) Act 2006 No 73
Assented to 27.10.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.10, 12.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 9.3.2007, p 1711.
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No 31
Assented to 15.06.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 14, assent, sec 2 (1).
Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 No 121
Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre-trial Disclosure) Act 2001 No 7
Assented to 18.04.2001.
Date of commencement, 19.11.2001, sec 2 and GG No 173 of 9.11.2001, p 9071.
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94
Assented to 08.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.106, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998 No 149
Assented to 08.12.1998.
Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 391.
Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998 No 137
Assented to 08.12.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 No 55
Assented to 02.07.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (2).
Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence Orders) Act 1996 No 93
Assented to 26.11.1996.
Date of commencement, 1.3.1997, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 21.2.1997, p 797.
Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 No 87
Assented to 29.11.1993.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, 17.12.1993, sec 2 and GG No 138 of 17.12.1993, p 7277.
Statutory Appointments Legislation (Parliamentary Veto) Amendment Act 1992 No 43
Assented to 19.05.1992.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 No 17
Assented to 03.05.1991.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986, assent, sec 2.
Anti-Discrimination (Compulsory Retirement) Amendment Act 1990 No 99
Assented to 13.12.1990.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1991, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1987 No 209
Assented to 09.12.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 10, assent, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987 No 48
Assented to 28.05.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 30, except as provided by sec 2 (10), assent, sec 2 (1).
History notes
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Sec 3 |
Am 1998 No 137, Sch 2.9; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.84 [1]–[3]; 2006 No 73, Sch 3.10 [1]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.11 [1]; 2015 No 15, Sch 2.15; 2017 No 55, Sch 3.4 [1]; 2022 No 49, Sch 1.3[1]. |
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Sec 3A |
Ins 2007 No 51, Sch 1 [1]. |
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Sec 4A |
Ins 1992 No 43, Sch 1. |
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Sec 8 |
Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.30. |
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Sec 9 |
Am 1987 No 209, Sch 10 (1); 2006 No 107, Sch 1.12. |
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Sec 9A |
Ins 2008 No 53, Sch 11 [1]. Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.20 [1]. |
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Sec 10 |
Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.84 [4] [5]; 2008 No 53, Sch 11 [2]. |
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Sec 15 |
Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.4. |
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Sec 15A |
Ins 2001 No 7, Sch 2. Am 2011 No 65, Sch 1 [1]; 2012 No 80, Sch 1 [1]–[3]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.20 [2]; 2016 No 61, Sch 6.16 [1]–[6]; 2017 No 55, Sch 3.4 [2]; 2022 No 49, Sch 1.3[2]–[7]. |
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Sec 16 |
Am 1987 No 209, Sch 10 (2). |
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Sec 20A |
Ins 1996 No 93, Sch 2. Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.6; 2006 No 73, Sch 3.10 [2]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.11 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
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Sec 32 |
Subst 2015 No 15, Sch 3.20 [3]. |
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Sec 36 |
Am 2007 No 51, Sch 1 [2]; 2011 No 8, Sch 1.2 [1]; 2011 No 34, Sch 1 [1]; 2011 No 65, Sch 1 [2]; 2012 No 11, Sch 1.3 [1]; 2012 No 80, Sch 1 [4] [5]. |
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Sec 37 |
Am 2011 No 34, Sch 1 [2]; 2012 No 11, Sch 1.3 [2]; 2012 No 80, Sch 1 [6]. |
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Sch 1 |
Am 1987 No 48, Sch 30; 1990 No 99, Sch 4; 1991 No 17, Sch 2; 1993 No 87, Sch 5; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.106; 2005 No 31, Sch 14.1; 2007 No 51, Sch 1 [3]–[11]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.20; 2011 No 8, Sch 1.2 [2] [3]; 2011 No 34, Sch 1 [3]–[5]; 2012 No 11, Sch 1.3 [3] [4]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.20 [4]–[10]; 2018 No 87, Sch 2.1 [1]–[8]. |
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Sch 2 |
Ins 2012 No 80, Sch 1 [7]. |
Director of Public Prosecutions Bill 1986
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