Division 5 Department of Justice and Attorney General

19   Establishment of Department of Justice and Attorney General

(1)  The Department of Justice and Attorney General is established as a Division of the Government Service.

(2)  The Department is responsible to the following Ministers:

(a)  Attorney General,

(b)  Minister for Corrective Services.

20   Amalgamation of certain Divisions with new Department

(1)  All branches are removed from each of the following Divisions of the Government Service and added to the Department of Justice and Attorney General:

(a)  Attorney General’s Department,

(b)  Department of Corrective Services.

(2)  Each of the Divisions referred to in subclause (1) (a) and (b) is abolished as a Division of the Government Service.

(3)  In any document, a reference to any of the Divisions of the Government Service abolished under this clause is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Justice and Attorney General.

21   Transfer of DPP and Legal Aid Commission corporate services staff to new Department

The groups of staff in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of the Legal Aid Commission who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, are principally involved in the provision of corporate services and who the Director-General determines are required in connection with the Department of Justice and Attorney General are removed from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of the Legal Aid Commission (as the case requires) and added to the Department of Justice and Attorney General.