Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act 2005 - SECT 29

Attendance of offender at hearings

29. Attendance of offender at hearings



(1) Subject to this section, the offender must be present during the hearing
of any application under this Part.

(2) If the offender acts in a way that makes the hearing in the offender's
presence impracticable, the court may order that the offender be removed and
the hearing continue in his or her absence.

(3) If the offender is unable to be present at a hearing because of illness or
for any other reason, the court may proceed with the hearing in his or her
absence if it is satisfied that-

   (a)  doing so will not prejudice the offender's interests; and

   (b)  the interests of justice require that the hearing should proceed even
        in the absence of the offender.