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New South Wales
Director of Public Prosecutions
Amendment (Disclosures) Bill 2011
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Schedule 1 Amendment of Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986
No 207 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Parliaments
egislative Council
2011
New South Wales
Director of Public Prosecutions
Amendment (Disclosures) Bill 2011
Act No , 2011
An Act to amend the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 to make further
provision for the duty of disclosure imposed on police officers investigating
offences.
Clause 1 Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment (Disclosures) Bill 2011
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment
(Disclosures) Act 2011.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
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Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment (Disclosures) Bill 2011
Amendment of Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 No 207 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of Director of Public
Prosecutions Act 1986 No 207
[1] Section 15A Disclosures by investigating police officers
Insert after section 15A (5):
(6) The duty imposed by this section does not require police officers
investigating alleged indictable offences to disclose to the
Director any information, documents or other things that are the
subject of a bona fide claim of privilege, public interest immunity
or statutory immunity. The duty of police officers in such a case
is to inform the Director that they have obtained information,
documents or other things of that kind.
(7) Subsection (6) ceases to have effect on 1 January 2013.
[2] Section 36 Savings and transitional provisions
Insert at the end of section 36:
(10) Section 15A (6), as inserted by the Director of Public
Prosecutions Amendment (Disclosures) Act 2011, extends to
proceedings for indictable offences commenced before the
commencement of that subsection.
(11) Anything done or omitted to be done before the commencement
of section 15A (6) by a police officer, the Director or any other
person having functions with respect to the prosecution of
indictable offences, that would have been validly done or omitted
if section 15A (6) had been in force at the time that it was done
or omitted, is taken to have been validly done or omitted to be
done.
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