DPP Functions and Responsibilities



The principal functions and responsibilities of the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions are:
a)

to institute and conduct, on behalf of the Crown, prosecutions for indictable offences (under NSW laws) in the Supreme Court and the District Court;

b) to institute and conduct, on behalf of the Crown, appeals in any court in respect of any such prosecution; and 
c) to conduct on behalf of the Crown as respondent, any appeal in any court in respect of any such prosecution.

For further information about this see DPP Overview.

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