34Fixing time and place for hearing

34 Fixing time and place for hearing (1) If the Tribunal decides to conduct a hearing of an application, it must fix a time and place for the hearing and give the applicant reasonable notice of it. (2) The Tribunal may give notice of the time and place for the hearing to any other person whom the Tribunal considers to have a legitimate interest in the matter. (3) The Tribunal must not under subsection (2) give notice of the time and place for the hearing to the person who committed, or is alleged to have committed, the act of violence without first giving the applicant an opportunity to be heard on the issue of whether or not that notice should be given. S. 34(4) inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 87. (4) Despite subsections (2) and (3), the Tribunal must not give notice of the time and place for the hearing to the person who committed, or is alleged to have committed, the act of violence if the act of violence involves— (aa) an offence against section 20, 21 or 21A of the **Crimes Act 1958** or any corresponding previous enactment; or (a) an offence against Subdivision (8A), (8B), (8C), (8D), (8E), (8F) or (8FA) of Division 1 of Part I of the **Crimes Act 1958** or any corresponding previous enactment (sexual offences); or (b) an offence at common law of rape or assault with intent to rape; or (c) family violence within the meaning of the **Family Violence Protection Act 2008**.