New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 16

16 Conduct of proceedings generally

(1) Proceedings on an application for a preventive detention order are to be commenced by summons in accordance with rules of court.

(2) The Court may hear and determine an application for a preventive detention order in the absence of the defendant if it is satisfied:

(a) that the summons has been duly served on the defendant, or

(b) that the summons has not been duly served on the defendant but that all reasonable steps to do so have been taken.