354Disputed reports

354 Disputed reports

(1) If any matter in a report to which this Part applies is disputed by the child who is the subject of the report, the appellate court must not take the disputed matter into consideration when determining the appeal unless satisfied that the matter is true beyond reasonable doubt.

(a) a report to which this Part applies, or any part of the report, is disputed by the child who is the subject of the report; and

(b) the author of the report does not attend the hearing of the appeal despite having been required to attend under section 353(1)—

the appellate court must not take the report or the part in dispute into consideration when determining the appeal unless the child consents to the report or the part in dispute being admitted into evidence.

Division 2—Pre-sentence reports