Dangerous Criminals and High Risk Offenders Act 2021
14Resumption of adjourned hearing where pre-release order made
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14 Resumption of adjourned hearing where pre-release order made
(1) The hearing of a review application that is adjourned in accordance with section 13(8) is to resume, as applicable –
(a) on the date, to which the hearing of the application is adjourned, that is specified in the pre-release order under section 13(8) ; or
(b) on the date to which the hearing is adjourned under section 12(2) ; or
(c) if the date, specified in the pre-release order, to which the hearing of the application is adjourned has been varied under section 22(3)(b) – on the date to which the hearing is adjourned under section 22(4) ; or
(d) if the pre-release order is revoked under section 22(5)(a) – on the date to which the hearing of the review application is adjourned under section 22(6) ; or
(e) on the date specified in accordance with section 23(4) .
(2) At the hearing of a review application in relation to an offender that resumes in accordance with subsection (1) –
(a) the Supreme Court is, subject to any adjournment under this Part, to proceed to determine under section 15(1) the review application; and
(b) the Supreme Court must, in addition to considering the matters referred to in section 15(2) , consider –
(i) any reports provided to the Court in accordance with a requirement of the pre-release order in relation to the offender; and
(ii) any other evidence before the Court as to the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements imposed on the offender in the pre-release order; and
(c) the Supreme Court may not make another pre-release order in relation to the offender, but may, in accordance with an application under section 22(1) to vary the pre-release order, vary under the date specified in the pre-release order as the date to which the hearing is adjourned.