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Serious Offenders Act 2018
131Admissibility of evidence
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131 Admissibility of evidence
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and sections 134 and 135, the rules of evidence apply to evidence adduced in the hearing of an application under Part 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.
(2) In hearing an application under Part 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, a court may receive in evidence—
(a) the offender's antecedents and criminal history; and
(b) any material relied on in an assessment report or progress report relating to the offender; and
(c) anything relevant to the issue contained in any medical, psychiatric, psychological or other report tendered in any proceeding against the offender for a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence.