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Attorney General's Response to GPJA release
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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