Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 2009 (106 of 2009)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1   Main amendments

Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

1   After subsection 6(2E)

Insert:

(2F) If a person is committed for trial before a court (the initial court ) for one or more indictable offences against the laws of the Commonwealth, the Director may institute in another court (the later court ) a prosecution of the person on indictment for any or all of the offences.

(2G) Subsection (2F) applies even if the Director has instituted a prosecution (the initial prosecution ) before the initial court for any or all of the offences. However, the Director must discontinue the initial prosecution in respect of each offence covered by the prosecution in the later court.