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Sentencing Act 1991
8DDisputed pre-sentence report
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8D Disputed pre-sentence report
(1) The prosecution or the defence may file with the court a notice of intention to dispute the whole or any part of a pre-sentence report.
(2) If a notice is filed under subsection (1) before sentencing is to take place, the court must not take the report or the part in dispute (as the case requires) into consideration when determining sentence unless the party that filed the notice has been given the opportunity—
Pt 3 Div. 1B (Heading and ss 8E–8I) inserted by No. 65/2011 s. 7.