Public Defenders Act 1995

A person who holds office as a Public Defender immediately before the commencement of the 2007 amending Act and who is subsequently appointed to a Crown law office is, on ceasing to hold the Crown law office as a result of resignation or completion of a term of office, entitled to be reappointed to the office of Public Defender.

This clause ceases to apply to a person if the person does not take up that reappointment within 3 months of ceasing to hold the Crown law office unless, within that 3-month period, the person is reappointed to that Crown law office or appointed to another Crown law office.

Clause 3 of Schedule 1 (as substituted by the 2007 amending Act) and clause 5 (1) (b1) of Schedule 1 (as inserted by the 2007 amending Act) do not apply to the office of Public Defender to which a person is reappointed under this clause, and a person continues to hold that office until the person vacates the office under this Act.

This clause is capable of operation in relation to the same person on more than one occasion.

In this clause, Crown law office means the office of Director of Public Prosecutions, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecutor, Senior Crown Prosecutor, Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor, Senior Public Defender, Deputy Senior Public Defender or Solicitor General.