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Consents to prosecution

This was an advisory project. Our recommendations have been accepted by Government

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The report that concludes this project recommends reforms designed to rationalise one of the procedural mechanisms used to control the prosecution process – the requirement in respect of certain offences that, as a condition precedent to the institution of criminal proceedings, the consent of either a Law Officer or the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is obtained. We are concerned only with those offences that require the consent of a Law Officer or the DPP.

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Report 

Consultation