The Director of Public Prosecutions Act sets out that the Director of Public Prosecutions conducts prosecutions under and on behalf of the Attorney General. The decisions made by the DPP are independent and free of any partisan or political influence, but the DPP reports to the Attorney General in an annual report on the activities of his office. An exception is made within the DPP Act and the Canada Elections Act, the result of which is that the Elections Act prosecutions are removed from the area that the DPP reports to the Attorney General.
The DPP, in the area of Elections Act prosecutions, does not report to the Attorney General, nor can the Attorney General direct the DPP or assume conduct of an Elections Act prosecution.