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Dangerous Criminals and High Risk Offenders Act 2021
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### 12 Procedure for hearing of review application
> > (1) The Supreme Court, on receiving a review application, must set a date for the hearing of the review application.
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> > (2) The Supreme Court may adjourn the hearing of a review application to a date set by the Court.
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> > (3) The DPP, or counsel on the DPP’s behalf, must appear for the Crown at the hearing of the review application.
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> > (4) The offender to whom the review application relates is entitled to be present at the hearing of the review application, unless the Supreme Court, in its discretion, orders otherwise.
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> > (5) The DPP or the offender may adduce evidence in relation to the review application.
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> > (6) If a report provided to the Court under this Part, or tendered in evidence, is disputed by a party to the review application –
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> > > > (a) that party is entitled to cross-examine the author of the report; and
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> > > > (b) if the author of the report is cross-examined, the other party to the review application is entitled to examine the author of the report by way of reply.