Exercise of powers in cases of conflict of interest etc.
21 Exercise of powers in cases of conflict of interest etc.
If the Chief Crown Prosecutor considers it desirable in the interests of justice that he or she should not perform certain functions or exercise certain powers of the Chief Crown Prosecutor under this or any other Act, whether because of the existence or possible existence of a conflict of interest or for any other reason, he or she may report that fact to the Director.
If the Director agrees that it is in the interests of justice that the Chief Crown Prosecutor should not perform the functions or exercise the powers to which a report under subsection (1) relates, he or she may request a Crown Prosecutor to perform those functions or exercise those powers.
The performance of a function or the exercise of a power by a Crown Prosecutor under this section has the same effect for all purposes as it would have if it had been performed or exercised by the Chief Crown Prosecutor.
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