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Serious Offenders Act 2018
61Application for detention order
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61 Application for detention order
(1) The DPP may apply to the Supreme Court for a detention order in respect of a person who is an eligible offender at the time when the application is commenced.
(b) an assessment report in respect of the eligible offender or, if the eligible offender is subject to a supervision order or an emergency detention order, a progress report and the most recent assessment report in respect of the eligible offender.
(3) As soon as practicable after an application under subsection (1) is commenced, the DPP must serve on the eligible offender—
(b) a copy of the assessment report and the progress report (if any) filed with the application; and
(iii) the nature of a detention order and a supervision order.
(4) An application under subsection (1) must be discontinued if the offender ceases to be an eligible offender by reason of section 7(4).