The office takes carriage of all ACT criminal matters where ACT policing lay charges, including family violence matters, sexual assault matters and murders, as well as conducting appeals to the ACT Court of Appeal and High Court. Part of the office’s function is to assess charges laid by police to determine, independently and consistent with the Prosecution Policy, which charges should proceed.

The criminal practice is divided into teams, headed by a Supervising Prosecutor. The criminal practice primarily takes over matters before the Magistrates Court, including running matters to hearing in the Magistrates Court and having conduct of matters through the committal process. Within the criminal practice also sits a policy lawyer, who assists with raising policy issues identified by prosecutors, responding to Government requests for feedback and freedom of information requests. Crown Chambers consists of Crown Prosecutors and Crown Advocates, who primarily appear in Supreme Court trial matters. The appeals function also sits within Crown Chambers.

The Witness Assistance Service (WAS) team sit under the Director and primarily assist victims and witnesses in sexual assault and matters involving death, due to the small size of their team. The paralegal and corporate teams provide administrative, corporate and IT support to the office.

The executive team is made up of the Director, the Deputy Director (Crown Chambers), the Deputy Director (Criminal Practice), the Practice Manager and the head of Corporate.