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Serious Offenders Act 2018
272Disputed report—application for interim order or emergency detention order
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272 Disputed report—application for interim order or emergency detention order
(1) If a notice of intention under section 271 is filed on an application for an interim supervision order, an interim detention order or an emergency detention order, the court—
(a) may take the disputed report, or the disputed part of the report, into consideration in determining the application; and
(b) if it considers it appropriate, may give the party that filed the notice an opportunity—
(i) to lead evidence on the matters in dispute; and
(ii) to cross-examine the author of the report on the report's contents.
(2) If no notice of intention under section 271 is filed on an application for an interim supervision order, an interim detention order or an emergency detention order, the court—
(a) must take the report into consideration in determining the application; and
(b) is not required to give any party an opportunity—
(i) to lead evidence relating to the report; or
(ii) to cross-examine the author of the report on the report's contents.