An employee of a local government (which is a public authority under s 20(1)(b)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA)) is an authorised person who may commence a prosecution under s 20(3)(a)(i) of that Act. Sovereign citizen arguments challenging the authority of courts, prosecutors and legislation remain without merit and will be characterised as frivolous, scandalous or vexatious.
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