87Application for emergency detention order

87 Application for emergency detention order (1) The Secretary may apply to the Supreme Court for an emergency detention order in respect of an offender who is subject to a supervision order or an interim supervision order. (a) a notice of application in accordance with the rules of court, if any, setting out— (i) the altered circumstances that constitute the grounds of the application; and (ii) the reason why, because of altered circumstances, the offender poses an imminent risk of committing a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence or both if an emergency detention order is not made; and (iii) the reason why there are no practicable and available means other than an emergency detention order to ensure that the offender does not pose an imminent risk of committing a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence or both; and (b) an assessment report or the latest progress report in respect of the offender. (3) Subject to subsection (4), as soon as practicable after an application under subsection (1) is commenced, the Secretary must serve on the offender— (b) a copy of each document filed with the application; and (iii) the nature of an emergency detention order. (4) An application under subsection (1) need not be served on the offender if the Supreme Court orders under section 88 that the application be heard and determined in the absence of the offender.