It depends on the jurisdiction. We have some jurisdictions in Canada that are called precharge approval jurisdictions where police forces and regulatory enforcement come to us before charges are laid and we approve them or not by applying our decision-to-prosecute test.
That's the minority of jurisdictions. There are really three, and some have those areas within their jurisdictions. The majority are not precharge approval jurisdictions, and therefore the police or enforcement agencies can lay charges and often do lay charges before consulting.
