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Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
38ANotice of hearings to persons subject to supervision orders
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38A Notice of hearings to persons subject to supervision orders
(1) Notice of any court hearing under this Act in relation to a person who is subject to a supervision order must be given to the person (unless the person is the applicant)—
(a) in the case of a major review or a review directed by a court under section 27(2), 32(5) or 33(2)—as directed by the court; or
(b) in any other case—by the applicant.
(2) The notice must be given at least 14 days (or such lesser period as the court directs) before the day of the hearing.
(3) Subsection (1) does not require notice to be given of the hearing of an application for a warrant under section 30A or 30B.
S. 38B (Heading) amended by Nos 29/2010 s. 26(1), 15/2015 s. 37(9).
S. 38B inserted by No. 7/2002 s. 17.