Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, criminal proceeding means a proceeding for the prosecution, whether summarily or on indictment, of an offence or offences.
(2) To avoid doubt, each of the following is part of a criminal proceeding :
(a) a bail proceeding;
(b) a committal proceeding;
(c) the discovery, exchange, production, inspection or disclosure of intended evidence, documents or reports ;
(d) a sentencing proceeding;
(e) an appeal proceeding;
(f) a proceeding with respect to any matter in which a person seeks a writ of mandamus or prohibition or an injunction against an officer or officers of the Commonwealth (within the meaning of subsection 39B(1B) of the Judiciary Act 1903 ) in relation to:
(i) a decision to prosecute a person for one or more offences against a law of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) a related criminal justice process decision (within the meaning of subsection 39B(3) of that Act);
(g) any other pre - trial, interlocutory or post - trial proceeding prescribed by regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) To avoid doubt, a re - trial, and proceedings relating to the re - trial (including those mentioned in subsection ( 2)), are part of the same criminal proceeding as the trial.