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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
54Nature of special hearings
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#### 54 Nature of special hearings
54 Nature of special hearings
> In this Act, a special hearing is a hearing for the purpose of ensuring, despite the unfitness of the defendant to be tried in accordance with the normal procedures, that the defendant is acquitted unless it can be proved to the required criminal standard of proof that, on the limited evidence available, the defendant committed the offence charged, or another offence available as an alternative to the offence charged.