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Attorney General's Response to GPJA release

Published: Tue 30 Oct 2007 09:43 AM
Attorney General's Response to GPJA release
The decision to delegate decisions around criminal prosecutions is not specific to these cases or to the Terrorism Suppression Act. Successive Attorneys-General have taken the view that it is inappropriate for them as Government Ministers to become involved in decision-making about prosecution of individuals.
In practice, the authority to give consent to lay charges is delegated to the Solicitor-General.
This is outlined in Crown Law's Prosecution Guidelines.
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