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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
sec.172BDisputed report
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### sec.172B Disputed report
The director of public prosecutions or the offender may file with the court a notice of intention to dispute the whole or any part of a report provided under section 172A .
If a notice is filed under subsection (1) before the review is to take place, the court must not take the report or the part in dispute into consideration on the hearing of the review unless the party that filed the notice has been given the opportunity—
to lead evidence on the disputed matters; and
to cross-examine the author of the report on its contents.
s 172B ins 1997 No. 4 s 14
(sec.172B-ssec.1) The director of public prosecutions or the offender may file with the court a notice of intention to dispute the whole or any part of a report provided under section 172A .
(sec.172B-ssec.2) If a notice is filed under subsection (1) before the review is to take place, the court must not take the report or the part in dispute into consideration on the hearing of the review unless the party that filed the notice has been given the opportunity— to lead evidence on the disputed matters; and to cross-examine the author of the report on its contents.
- (a) to lead evidence on the disputed matters; and
- (b) to cross-examine the author of the report on its contents.