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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 69UD Procedure for hearing—protected information

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 69UD

Procedure for hearing—protected information

S. 69UD(1) substituted by No. 22/2022 s. 84(1).

    (1)     If the Secretary informs VCAT under section 69UB(2) that the decision was based on protected information

        (a)     the Chief Commissioner of Police must be joined as a party to the proceeding; and

        (b)     at the hearing of the application, VCAT must first determine whether or not the information is protected information.

S. 69UD(2) amended by No. 22/2022 s. 84(2).

    (2)     For the purposes of making a determination under subsection (1)(b), VCAT must hold the hearing in private.

S. 69UD(3) substituted by No. 22/2022 s. 84(3).

    (3)     The following parties are entitled to be present at the hearing under subsection (2)—

        (a)     if protected information was included in the reasons given to the Secretary from the Chief Commissioner of Police under sections 69OA(3)(c), 69OH(3)(c), 69PA(3)(c), 69PH(3)(c) or 69QA(1B)(b), the Secretary, the Chief Commissioner of Police and the special counsel;

        (b)     if no protected information was included in the reasons given to the Secretary from the Chief Commissioner of Police under sections 69OA(3)(c), 69OH(3)(c), 69PA(3)(c), 69PH(3)(c) or 69QA(1B)(b), the Chief Commissioner of Police and the special counsel only.

S. 69UD(3A) inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 84(3).

    (3A)     Each party that is entitled to be present at the hearing has a right to make submissions as to whether evidence supporting the grounds for the refusal to issue or to renew the relevant licence, or the cancellation or the suspension of the relevant licence, amounts to protected information.

S. 69UD(4) amended by No. 22/2022 s. 84(4).

    (4)     After hearing the parties under subsection (3A), VCAT must decide whether or not any of the evidence adduced amounts to protected information.

S. 69UD(5) substituted by No. 22/2022 s. 84(5).

    (5)     If VCAT decides that none of the evidence adduced under subsection (3A) amounts to protected information, VCAT must permit any party to attend the hearing that was excluded under subsection (3).

S. 69UE inserted by No. 13/2014 s. 4.