Where the Criminal Code (Tas) s 125A(7) requires the written authority of the Director of Public Prosecutions before commencing a prosecution for maintaining a sexual relationship with a young person, the absence of that authority renders the indictment void ab initio and the trial a nullity. A void indictment is incapable of amendment under s 385(3).
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