Criminal Code Amendment (Life Prisoners and Dangerous Criminals) Act 1994
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11 Procedure
(2) A copy of an application under section 8 (1) is to be served on the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(3) The Director of Public Prosecutions, or Counsel on the Director of Public Prosecutions' behalf, must appear for the Crown at the hearing of an application under section 8 (1) .
(4) A court hearing an application under section 8 (1) is to proceed as if it were sentencing the applicant for the first time for the offence for which the applicant was originally sentenced.