The s651 tool prepares the paperwork to send summary charges up to a higher court for sentence. One run generates both documents: the Application for Consent of Crown (to the DPP/CDPP) and the Application to Transmit Summary Charge (Form 10).
It applies where charges are already on indictment in the District or Supreme Court and your client intends to plead guilty, so the summary charges can be dealt with together. Like the other document tools, it runs from the client’s own page.
- Open the client’s page, click the … menu, then s651 Application.
- Set the higher court where the indictment is (District or Supreme) and its location.
- Select the summary charges to transmit. Charges that aren’t eligible for s651, or have already been committed up, are deselected for you (you can override). You can also upload a charge sheet to add more.
- Add the indictable offences already on indictment: upload the indictment itself or pick indictment charges already on file.
- Fill in the Magistrates Court of origin, prosecution agency, the defendant’s address, your firm letterhead (pre-filled), and the declaration details.
- Generate and download both Word documents.
Where the indictment details come from
The safest source is the indictment itself. Where it can, Acquit pre-fills the indictment number, court and hearing date from your QLD Courts lookups. If you have no indictment yet, a fallback to your committed-up charges is offered, with a warning that those can change.
Who signs the documents
The name, firm and signature filled in are those of the solicitor the matter is allocated to, not necessarily whoever generates the documents. Your own details are used if the matter is unallocated or its solicitor has since left the firm. Always check every detail before filing.
Tip: set your firm’s street address and PO box once under Firm → Settings and they pre-fill the letterhead every time.