These regulations may be cited as the

Crown Proceedings

Regulations 2023.

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

For the purposes of the definition of Crown in section 4 of the Crown Proceedings

Act 1992, a person for the time being holding or acting in any of the following offices is declared to be an agency of the Crown:

(a)

the Auditor‑General;

(b)

the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity;

(c)

a Commissioner appointed under the Essential Services Commission

Act 2002;

(d)

the Commissioner for Victims' Rights;

(e)

the Deputy Auditor‑General;

(f)

the Director of Public Prosecutions;

(g)

the Electoral Commissioner;

(h)

the Deputy Electoral Commissioner;

(i)

the Health and Community Services Complaints

Commissioner;

(j)

the Ombudsman;

(k)

the Solicitor‑General.

Crown Proceedings Regulations 2023