• as reported elsewhere in this report, the Witness Assistance Service of the Office works to ensure that victims of crime and witnesses are informed and supported throughout their involvement with the criminal justice system; and
• the Office promotes policies addressing discrimination, harassment, equal employment opportunity and industrial democracy in the workplace.

C.24   ACT WOMEN’S PLAN 2010–2015

The ACT Women’s Plan 2010–2015 provides a framework for working with the community to improve the status of all women and girls. The plan identifies three key priorities in achieving this: economic, social, and environmental. The work of the Office actively improves the status of women and girls in relation to this plan, as detailed below.

• the Office plays a leading role in the delivery, policy review and governance of the Family Violence Intervention Program;
• the Office prosecutes persons alleged to have committed violence against women and applies consistent policies to such prosecutions, in order to work to eliminate violence against women and their children and protect and to support victims of crime;
• as reported elsewhere in this report, the Witness Assistance Service of the Office works to ensure that victims of crime and witnesses are informed and supported throughout their involvement with the criminal justice system;
• the Office promotes policies addressing discrimination, harassment, equal employment opportunity and industrial democracy in the workplace; and
• the Office employs a significant number of women, and provides a family friendly working environment.

C.25   MODEL LITIGANT GUIDELINES

The model litigant guidelines apply to civil rather than criminal proceedings and are therefore not directly applicable to the work of the Office.

In making decisions in the prosecution process, prosecutors are guided by the procedures and standards which the law requires to be observed, and in particular by the Prosecution Policy promulgated by the Director. Like the origins of the model litigant principles, that policy reflects the higher standards of behaviour and disclosure required of the Crown.

C.26   NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE

There are no infringement notice offences against the Dangerous Substances Act 2004 for the reporting period.

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ANNUAL REPORT  2011-12  DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS                                                                                    65

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