Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00146:reg:6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00146
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 2385–5109

6  Other functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(b) of the Act, the other functions of the Director are:
 (a) to carry on proceedings instituted by:
 (i) an officer of, or a person employed by, the Commonwealth or a body established by an Act or a law of a Territory; or
 (ii) a person holding office under an Act or a law of a Territory; or
 (iii) a person who performs services for the Australian Crime Commission under an arrangement under subsection 58(1) of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002; or
 (iv) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission;
  being proceedings instituted for:
 (v) the commitment of persons for trial in respect of indictable offences against the laws of a State; or
 (vi) the summary conviction of persons in respect of offences against the laws of a State; and
 (b) to perform, in respect of matters arising under laws made under, or continued in force by, the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988, the functions conferred on the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Australian Capital Territory by the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990 (ACT), during any period when no person holds office, or is acting, as Director of Public Prosecutions under that Act; and
 (c) to institute proceedings, or to carry on proceedings (whether instituted by the Director or not), under section 112AH of the Family Law Act 1975; and
 (d) to institute proceedings, or to carry on proceedings (whether instituted by the Director or not), under the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 (NSW); and
 (e) to give, to an authority of the Commonwealth, legal advice on law enforcement or a matter relating to law enforcement, whether or not the advice is for the purposes of a particular investigation; and
 (f) to give, to a State or Territory authority, legal advice on the investigation or prosecution of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or a matter relating to the investigation or prosecution of such an offence, whether or not the advice is for the purposes of a particular investigation; and
 (g) to institute proceedings, or to carry on proceedings (whether instituted by the Director or not), or to coordinate or supervise the institution or carrying on of proceedings, for the recovery of:
 (i) an amount payable by a person to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority under a superannuation order made under the Crimes (Superannuation Benefits) Act 1989; or
 (ii) an amount payable by a person to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth organisation under a superannuation order made under Part VA of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
 (2) Nothing in paragraph 6(1)(e) affects the power of the