Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 01:39:18 +0000
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - Number of times consent to appeal against sentence has been granted/declined
From: Michelle Brown <[email address]>
To: Charlotte Brook <[email address]>
Cc: Rhiain McGrath <[email address]>

Hi Charlotte

OIA due 2 December.

M



-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Grainger [mailto:[FYI request #1271 email]] 
Sent: Monday, 4 November 2013 13:50
To: Library Library
Subject: Official Information Act request - Number of times consent to appeal against sentence has been granted/declined

     Dear Crown Law Office,
     
     I would like to make a request under the Official Information Act
     relating to a prosecutor&#39;s right to appeal against sentence
     under s246 of the Criminal Procedure Act. I would like to request
     for the last year:
     
     * how many times consent to appeal against sentence has been
     granted by the Solicitor-General; and
     * upon application by a prosecutor how many times consent to appeal
     against sentence has been denied by the Solicitor-General
     
     I am aware that s246 of the CPA only came into force earlier this
     year, but as far as I am aware, the consent to appeal sentence was
     still needed before the CPA was in place, and so I was hoping that
     information using the previous legislation could not be excluded
     from my request.
     
     I am aware that the Solicitor-General is not covered by the OIA,
     and I am not sure if the Crown Law Office could be said to
     &#39;hold&#39; this information as it relates to a function of the
     Solicitor-General, but I was hoping that Crown Law may consider in
     their discretion collecting this information anyway.
     
     Let me know if there is anyway for me to clarify my request to help
     you.
     
     Yours faithfully,
     
     Joshua Grainger
     
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