Transcription of SOLICITOR-GENERAL’S PROSECUTION GUIDELINES
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CROWN LAW SOLICITOR- general S PROSECUTION GUIDELINES As at 1 July 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Attorney- general s Introduction .. 1 Solicitor- general s Introduction .. 2 Definitions .. and Principles of the GUIDELINES .. with the GUIDELINES .. 4 Private prosecutions .. Supervision of Prosecutions .. Independence of the Decision-maker .. Decision to Prosecute .. 6 The test for PROSECUTION .. 6 The evidential test .. 6 The public interest 8No PROSECUTION .. for a PROSECUTION Decision .. Choice of Charges .. 11 Trying defendants or charges together .. of Charges .. of PROSECUTION Decisions .. Consents to Prosecutions .. from PROSECUTION .. by the Solicitor- general that a PROSECUTION Should be Conducted as a CrownProsecution .. Anonymity Orders .. 16 Disclosure obligations .. 16 Evidence that is not disclosed until trial.
PROSECUTION GUIDELINES 2 SOLICITOR-GENERAL’S INTRODUCTION 1. New Zealand’s public prosecution system is in the midst of significant change. The Criminal Procedure Act 2011 changes the way criminal cases proceed through the
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