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Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012
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#### 28F Appearance and role of monitor at hearing
28F Appearance and role of monitor at hearing
> > (1) This section applies to a hearing for an application at which the criminal intelligence monitor appears.
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> > (2) The monitor may—
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> > > (a) for the purpose of testing the appropriateness and validity of the application—
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> > > > (i) present questions for the applicant to answer, or
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> > > > (ii) examine or cross-examine a witness, or
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> > > (b) make submissions to the Court about the appropriateness of granting the application.
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> > (3) However, the monitor must not make a submission to the Court while a respondent or a legal representative of a respondent is present.
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> > (4) The Court may, in its discretion, exclude the monitor from the hearing while a respondent or a legal representative of a respondent is present.
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> > (5) In this section—
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> > present includes present by way of an audio-visual link or audio link.
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> **pt 3B, divs 1–5 (ss 28A–28U):** Ins 2013 No 12, Sch 1 \[9\].