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Dangerous Sexual Offenders Bill 2005
CONTENTS
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Terms used in this Act 2
4. Objects of this Act 3
5. Relationship with Bail Act 1982 3
6. Attorney General may perform functions of DPP 3
7. Serious danger to the community 4
Part 2 -- Continuing detention or
supervision
Division 1 -- Application for orders
8. DPP may apply for orders 6
9. Duty to disclose 6
10. Application may proceed even if offender
discharged 7
11. Fixing day for preliminary hearing 7
12. Offender may file affidavits in response 7
13. Contents of affidavit 7
14. Preliminary hearing 7
15. Authority for psychiatrist to examine offender 8
16. Discontinuing application for Division 2 order 8
Division 2 -- Orders
17. Division 2 orders 9
18. Conditions of supervision order 9
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Division 3 -- Amendment of supervision order
19. Application to amend conditions of supervision
order 10
20. Amendment of conditions of supervision order 10
Division 4 -- Contravention of supervision
order
21. Summons or warrant because of contravention 11
22. DPP may seek order 12
23. Court may make order 12
Division 5 -- Supervision order extended due to
imprisonment
24. Extension of supervision order 12
Division 6 -- General provisions for Part 2
25. Effect of continuing detention order 13
26. Effect of supervision order 13
27. Court to give reasons 13
Part 3 -- Annual reviews of detention
28. Purpose of this Part 14
29. Review -- periodic 14
30. Review -- application by person subject to order 14
31. Dealing with the application 15
32. Psychiatrists' reports to be prepared for review 15
33. The review 15
Part 4 -- Appeals
34. Appeals 16
35. Appeal does not stay decision 16
36. Dealing with appeal 16
Part 5 -- Examination by psychiatrist
37. Preparation of psychiatric report 17
38. Providing information for psychiatrist 17
39. Copies of report to DPP and person examined 18
Part 6 -- General
40. Proceedings to be criminal proceedings 19
41. Deciding certain matters on the papers 19
42. Evidence in certain hearings 19
43. Court may give directions 20
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44. Appearance at hearings 20
45. Warrant of commitment upon order for detention 20
46. Approved forms 21
47. Regulations 21
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(As amended during consideration in detail)
Dangerous Sexual Offenders Bill 2005
A Bill for
An Act to provide for the detention in custody of persons of a
particular class, or for their supervision, and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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Part 1 Preliminary
s. 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
This is the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2005.
2. Commencement
5 This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.
3. Terms used in this Act
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears --
"chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of
the department of the Public Service principally assisting
10 the Minister with the administration of this Act;
"community corrections officer" has the meaning given to
that term in the Sentence Administration Act 2003
section 4(2);
"continuing detention order" means a Division 2 continuing
15 detention order or a Division 4 continuing detention order;
"criminal record" means the criminal record kept by the
Commissioner of Police;
"Division 2 continuing detention order" means an order under
section 17(1)(a);
20 "Division 2 order" means --
(a) Division 2 continuing detention order; or
(b) a supervision order under section 17(1)(b);
"Division 4 continuing detention order" means an order under
section 23(b);
25 "DPP" means the holder of the office of Director of Public
Prosecutions under the Director of Public Prosecutions
Act 1991;
"offender" has the meaning given to that term in section 8(1);
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s. 4
"preliminary hearing" means a preliminary hearing referred to
in section 11(1);
"psychiatrist" has the meaning given to that term in the Mental
Health Act 1996 section 3;
5 "serious danger to the community" has the meaning given to
that term in section 7;
"serious sexual offence" has the meaning given to that term in
the Evidence Act 1906 section 106A;
"supervision order" means an order under section 17(1)(b)
10 or 33(2)(b);
"under sentence of imprisonment" has a meaning that is
consistent with the Sentence Administration Act 2003
section 66.
4. Objects of this Act
15 The objects of this Act are --
(a) to provide for the detention in custody or the supervision
of persons of a particular class to ensure adequate
protection of the community; and
(b) to provide for continuing control, care, or treatment, of
20 persons of a particular class.
5. Relationship with Bail Act 1982
The Bail Act 1982 does not apply to a person detained under
this Act.
6. Attorney General may perform functions of DPP
25 (1) The Attorney General may make an application that the DPP
may make under this Act and may give a consent that the DPP
may give under this Act.
(2) In connection with the exercise by the Attorney General of a
power of the DPP, a reference in this Act to the DPP includes,
30 as an alternative, a reference to the Attorney General.
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Part 1 Preliminary
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7. Serious danger to the community
(1) Before the court dealing with an application under this Act may
find that a person is a serious danger to the community, the
court has to be satisfied that there is an unacceptable risk that, if
5 the person were not subject to a continuing detention order or a
supervision order, the person would commit a serious sexual
offence.
(2) The DPP has the onus of satisfying the court as described in
subsection (1) and the court has to be satisfied --
10 (a) by acceptable and cogent evidence; and
(b) to a high degree of probability.
(3) In deciding whether to find that a person is a serious danger to
the community, the court must have regard to --
(a) any report that a psychiatrist prepares as required by
15 section 37 for the hearing of the application and the
extent to which the person cooperated when the
psychiatrist examined the person;
(b) any other medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other
assessment relating to the person;
20 (c) information indicating whether or not the person has a
propensity to commit serious sexual offences in the
future;
(d) whether or not there is any pattern of offending
behaviour on the part of the person;
25 (e) any efforts by the person to address the cause or causes
of the person's offending behaviour, including whether
the person has participated in any rehabilitation
program;
(f) whether or not the person's participation in any
30 rehabilitation program has had a positive effect on the
person;
(g) the person's antecedents and criminal record;
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Preliminary Part 1
s. 7
(h) the risk that, if the person were not subject to a
continuing detention order or a supervision order, the
person would commit a serious sexual offence;
(i) the need to protect members of the community from that
5 risk; and
(j) any other relevant matter.
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Part 2 Continuing detention or supervision
Division 1 Application for orders
s. 8
Part 2 -- Continuing detention or supervision
Division 1 -- Application for orders
8. DPP may apply for orders
(1) The DPP may file with the Supreme Court an application for
5 orders under section 14 and section 17(1) in relation to a person
(the "offender") who is under sentence of imprisonment wholly
or in part for a serious sexual offence.
(2) Subsection (1) applies whether the sentence was imposed before
or after the commencement of this Act and whether or not the
10 person under sentence of imprisonment is in custody.
(3) If the person under sentence of imprisonment is in custody, the
application cannot be filed unless there is a possibility that the
person might be released from custody within the period of
6 months after the application is made.
15 (4) The application filed with the court must --
(a) state the orders sought; and
(b) be accompanied by any affidavits to be relied on by the
DPP for the purpose of seeking an order or orders under
section 14.
20 (5) The DPP has to cause the offender to be given, within 2 days
after the application is filed, a copy of the application and any
affidavit to be relied on by the DPP.
9. Duty to disclose
(1) This section applies to an application for a Division 2 order.
25 (2) The DPP has the same duty to disclose evidence or things in the
DPP's possession as if the DPP were prosecuting in a criminal
proceeding.
(3) The DPP must disclose the evidence or things before the
application is heard and as early as is practicable.
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Continuing detention or supervision Part 2
Application for orders Division 1
s. 10
10. Application may proceed even if offender discharged
Even if, after an application is filed under section 8, the offender
is discharged from the sentence of imprisonment, the
application may proceed and the offender may be dealt with in
5 accordance with this Act.
11. Fixing day for preliminary hearing
(1) After an application is filed under section 8, the proper officer
of the court must fix a day for the matter to come before the
court for a preliminary hearing.
10 (2) The day fixed has to be within 14 days after the application is
filed.
(3) The main purpose of the preliminary hearing is to decide
whether the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds
for believing that the court might, under section 7(1), find that
15 the offender is a serious danger to the community.
12. Offender may file affidavits in response
(1) The offender may file affidavits to be relied on by the offender
for the preliminary hearing.
(2) The offender must give a copy of the affidavits to the DPP at
20 least 3 days before the day fixed for the preliminary hearing.
13. Contents of affidavit
An affidavit for use in a preliminary hearing must be confined
to the evidence the person making it could give orally except
that it may contain statements based on information and belief if
25 the person making the affidavit states the source of the
information and the grounds for the belief.
14. Preliminary hearing
(1) At a preliminary hearing, if the court is satisfied that there are
reasonable grounds for believing that the court might, under
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Part 2 Continuing detention or supervision
Division 1 Application for orders
s. 15
section 7(1), find that the offender is a serious danger to the
community, the proper officer of the court must fix a day for the
hearing of the application for a Division 2 order.
(2) If the court is satisfied as described in subsection (1) --
5 (a) the court must order that the offender undergo
examinations by 2 psychiatrists named by the court for
the purposes of preparing the reports required by
section 37 that are to be used on the hearing of the
application; and
10 (b) the court may --
(i) if the offender is in custody and might otherwise
be released from custody before the application
is finally decided, order that the offender be
detained in custody for the period stated in the
15 order;
(ii) if the offender is not in custody, order that the
offender be detained in custody for the period
stated in the order.
15. Authority for psychiatrist to examine offender
20 An order under section 14(2)(a) authorises each of the
2 psychiatrists named in the order to examine the offender
and report in accordance with Part 5.
16. Discontinuing application for Division 2 order
(1) The DPP may, at any time, discontinue an application for a
25 Division 2 order by giving to each of the proper officer of the
court and the offender a notice of discontinuance.
(2) The application is to be taken to be dismissed by the court when
the notice is given to the proper officer of the court.
(3) If the offender is subject to an order under section 14(2) to be
30 detained in custody, the DPP must apply immediately to the
court for rescission of the order.
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Continuing detention or supervision Part 2
Orders Division 2
s. 17
Division 2 -- Orders
17. Division 2 orders
(1) If the court hearing an application for a Division 2 order finds
that the offender is a serious danger to the community, the court
5 may --
(a) order that the offender be detained in custody for an
indefinite term for control, care, or treatment; or
(b) order that at all times during the period stated in the
order when the offender is not in custody the offender be
10 subject to conditions that the court considers appropriate
and states in the order.
(2) In deciding whether to make an order under subsection (1)(a)
or (b), the paramount consideration is to be the need to ensure
adequate protection of the community.
15 18. Conditions of supervision order
(1) If the court makes a supervision order against a person, the
order must require that the person --
(a) report to a community corrections officer at the place,
and within the time, stated in the order and advise the
20 officer of the person's current name and address;
(b) report to, and receive visits from, a community
corrections officer as directed by the court;
(c) notify a community corrections officer of every change
of the person's name, place of residence, or place of
25 employment at least 2 days before the change happens;
(d) be under the supervision of a community corrections
officer;
(e) not leave, or stay out of, the State of Western Australia
without the permission of a community corrections
30 officer; and
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Part 2 Continuing detention or supervision
Division 3 Amendment of supervision order
s. 19
(f) not commit a sexual offence as defined in the Evidence
Act 1906 section 36A during the period of the order.
(2) The supervision order may contain any other terms that the
court thinks appropriate --
5 (a) to ensure adequate protection of the community; or
(b) for the rehabilitation or care or treatment of the person
subject to the order.
Division 3 -- Amendment of supervision order
19. Application to amend conditions of supervision order
10 (1) An application to the Supreme Court for it to amend the
conditions of a supervision order may be made --
(a) by the person who is subject to the supervision order; or
(b) with the DPP's consent, by the chief executive officer.
(2) If the person who is subject to the order makes the application,
15 the person has to give notice of the application to the DPP and
to the chief executive officer.
(3) If the chief executive officer makes the application, the chief
executive officer has to give notice of the application to the
person who is subject to the order.
20 20. Amendment of conditions of supervision order
(1) The court may, on an application under section 19, amend the
conditions of a supervision order if the court is satisfied that --
(a) the person who is subject to the order is not able to
comply with the conditions of the order because of a
25 change in the person's circumstances; or
(b) the amendment is necessary or desirable for any other
reason.
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Continuing detention or supervision Part 2
Contravention of supervision order Division 4
s. 21
(2) Before amending the conditions the court has to be satisfied
that --
(a) the conditions, as amended, would be sufficient to
ensure adequate protection of the community; and
5 (b) it is reasonable to make the amendment in all the
circumstances.
Division 4 -- Contravention of supervision order
21. Summons or warrant because of contravention
(1) A member of the police force or community corrections officer
10 who reasonably suspects that a person who is subject to a
supervision order is likely to contravene, is contravening, or has
contravened, a condition of the order may apply to a magistrate
for the issue of a summons or warrant under subsection (2).
(2) If the magistrate is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds
15 for the suspicion described in subsection (1), the magistrate has
to issue, in the form approved by the chief executive officer --
(a) a summons requiring the person who is subject to the
supervision order to appear before the Supreme Court
for it to consider the suspected or anticipated
20 contravention; or
(b) a warrant directed to all members of the police force for
the person who is subject to the supervision order to be
arrested and brought before the Supreme Court for it to
consider the suspected or anticipated contravention.
25 (3) The summons or warrant may state the suspected or anticipated
contravention in general terms.
(4) A magistrate cannot issue a warrant under subsection (2)
unless --
(a) the application is supported by evidence on oath; and
30 (b) the magistrate is satisfied that the person against whom
it is issued would not appear in answer to a summons.
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Part 2 Continuing detention or supervision
Division 5 Supervision order extended due to imprisonment
s. 22
(5) Even if subsection (4) does not prevent a warrant from being
issued, a magistrate may refuse to issue a warrant if the
magistrate considers that it would be unjust to issue it.
22. DPP may seek order
5 (1) If a person appears before the Supreme Court under a summons
or warrant issued under section 21, the DPP may apply to the
court for an order under section 23.
(2) The application must state the order sought.
23. Court may make order
10 If the court is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the
person who is subject to the supervision order is likely to
contravene, is contravening, or has contravened, a condition of
the supervision order, the court may --
(a) make an order amending the conditions of the
15 supervision order and, if the court considers it
appropriate in order to achieve compliance with the
supervision order or necessary in order to ensure
adequate protection of the community, make any other
order; or
20 (b) if the court is also satisfied that there is an unacceptable
risk that, if an order under this paragraph were not made,
the person would commit a serious sexual offence, order
that the person be detained in custody for an indefinite
term for control, care, or treatment.
25 Division 5 -- Supervision order extended due to imprisonment
24. Extension of supervision order
(1) This section applies if a person who is subject to a supervision
order is sentenced to a term or period of imprisonment for any
offence, other than a sexual offence as defined in the Evidence
30 Act 1906 section 36A, whether committed before or after the
supervision order was made.
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Continuing detention or supervision Part 2
General provisions for Part Division 6
s. 25
(2) The period for which the supervision order applies is extended
by any period after the order is made during which the person is
in custody serving the sentence of imprisonment.
Division 6 -- General provisions for Part 2
5 25. Effect of continuing detention order
A continuing detention order has effect in accordance with its
terms from the time the order is made until rescinded by a
further order of the Supreme Court.
26. Effect of supervision order
10 A supervision order has effect in accordance with its terms.
27. Court to give reasons
(1) If a court makes a continuing detention order or a supervision
order, it must give detailed reasons for making the order.
(2) The reasons must be given at the time the order is made.
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Part 3 Annual reviews of detention
s. 28
Part 3 -- Annual reviews of detention
28. Purpose of this Part
The purpose of this Part is to ensure that a person's detention
under a continuing detention order is regularly reviewed.
5 29. Review -- periodic
(1) While a person is subject to a continuing detention order, the
DPP must apply to the Supreme Court for the person's detention
under the order to be reviewed as specified in subsection (2).
(2) Reviews have to be carried out --
10 (a) as soon as practicable after the end of a period of 1 year
commencing when the person is first in custody on a day
on which the person would not have been in custody had
the order not been made; and
(b) as soon as practicable after the end of the period of
15 1 year commencing when the detention was most
recently reviewed under this section or section 30.
30. Review -- application by person subject to order
(1) A person who is subject to a continuing detention order may,
with the leave of the court, apply to the Supreme Court for the
20 person's detention under the order to be reviewed.
(2) Before granting leave the court must be satisfied that there are
exceptional circumstances that relate to the person.
(3) An application cannot be made under this section for a person's
detention to be reviewed until after the detention has been
25 reviewed under section 29(2)(a).
(4) When a person applies under this section for the person's
detention to be reviewed or applies for leave to make an
application of that kind, the proper officer of the court must
immediately give a copy of the application to the DPP.
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Annual reviews of detention Part 3
s. 31
31. Dealing with the application
(1) As soon as practicable after an application is made under
section 29 or 30, the court has to give directions for the hearing
of the application.
5 (2) The application must be heard, and the review must be carried
out, as soon as it is practicable to do so in accordance with any
directions given by the court.
32. Psychiatrists' reports to be prepared for review
(1) Unless the court otherwise orders, the chief executive officer
10 must arrange for a person to be examined by 2 psychiatrists for
the purposes of preparing the reports required by section 37 that
are to be used on a review under this Part.
(2) This section authorises each of the 2 psychiatrists to examine
the person and report in accordance with Part 5.
15 33. The review
(1) When the court, on an application made under section 29 or 30,
reviews a person's detention under a continuing detention order,
the court must rescind the order if it does not find that the
person subject to the order remains a serious danger to the
20 community.
(2) The court may, if it finds that the person subject to the order
remains a serious danger to the community, either --
(a) expressly decline to rescind the order; or
(b) rescind the order and make an order that at all times
25 during the period stated in the order when the person is
not in custody the person be subject to conditions that
the court considers appropriate and states in the order.
(3) In making a decision under subsection (2), the paramount
consideration is to be the need to ensure adequate protection of
30 the community.
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Part 4 Appeals
s. 34
Part 4 -- Appeals
34. Appeals
The DPP or a person in relation to whom the court makes a
decision under this Act, other than this Part, may appeal to the
5 Court of Appeal against the decision.
35. Appeal does not stay decision
(1) An appeal against a decision does not stay the operation of the
decision unless the Court of Appeal orders otherwise.
(2) However, if the Court of Appeal might, in finally determining
10 the appeal, order that a party to the appeal be detained in
custody, the court may order that the party be detained in
custody until the determination of the appeal.
36. Dealing with appeal
(1) An appeal is by way of rehearing.
15 (2) The Court of Appeal --
(a) has all the powers and duties of the court making the
decision against which the appeal is made;
(b) may draw inferences of fact, not inconsistent with the
findings of the court making the decision against which
20 the appeal is made; and
(c) may, on special grounds, receive further evidence as to
questions of fact, either orally in court, by affidavit, or
in another way.
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Examination by psychiatrist Part 5
s. 37
Part 5 -- Examination by psychiatrist
37. Preparation of psychiatric report
(1) Each psychiatrist named in an order under section 14(2)(a) or
with whom the chief executive officer makes an arrangement
5 under section 32(1) must examine the person to whom the order
or arrangement relates and prepare an independent report.
(2) The report has to indicate --
(a) the psychiatrist's assessment of the level of risk that, if
the person were not subject to a continuing detention
10 order or a supervision order, the person would commit a
serious sexual offence; and
(b) the reasons for the psychiatrist's assessment.
(3) The psychiatrist must have regard to any report or information
that the chief executive officer gives to the psychiatrist under
15 section 38(1).
(4) The obligation under subsection (1) to prepare a report applies
even if the person to be examined does not cooperate, or does
not cooperate fully, in the examination.
38. Providing information for psychiatrist
20 (1) The chief executive officer must give to each psychiatrist, for
the purpose of preparing the report, any medical, psychiatric,
prison, or other relevant report or information relating to the
person to be examined that is in the chief executive officer's
possession or to which the chief executive officer has, or may
25 be given, access.
(2) The chief executive officer must give to the DPP a copy of
anything that the chief executive officer gives to a psychiatrist
under subsection (1).
(3) A person in possession of any medical, psychiatric, prison, or
30 other relevant report or information relating to the person to be
examined must give a copy of the report or the information to
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Part 5 Examination by psychiatrist
s. 39
the chief executive officer if asked by the chief executive officer
to do so.
(4) Subsection (3) applies despite any other law or any duty of
confidentiality.
5 (5) If a person asked under subsection (3) to give a copy of any
report or information to the chief executive officer refuses to do
so, the chief executive officer may apply to the court for an
order requiring the person to give the report or information to
the chief executive officer.
10 (6) A person asked under subsection (3) or ordered under
subsection (5) to give a report or information to the chief
executive officer is not liable, civilly, criminally, or under an
administrative process, for doing so.
39. Copies of report to DPP and person examined
15 (1) A psychiatrist who prepares a report as required by
section 37(1) must give a copy of the report to the DPP within
7 days after finalising the report.
(2) The DPP must give a copy of the report to the person examined
before the end of the day after the DPP receives the report and
20 at the same time give to the person a copy of anything that the
chief executive officer gives to the DPP under section 38(2).
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General Part 6
s. 40
Part 6 -- General
40. Proceedings to be criminal proceedings
Proceedings under this Act or on an appeal under this Act, are to
be taken to be criminal proceedings for all purposes.
5 41. Deciding certain matters on the papers
(1) This section applies to how the court may decide --
(a) whether it is satisfied, as required by section 14(1), that
there are reasonable grounds for the belief described in
that subsection; or
10 (b) whether it is satisfied as required by section 20.
(2) The court may decide entirely or partly from a consideration of
the documents filed, without the offender or person subject to
the order or witnesses appearing and without the offender or
person subject to the order consenting to, or being heard on, the
15 making of the decision.
(3) In making its decision, the court may receive in evidence --
(a) any document relevant to the antecedents or criminal
record of the offender or person subject to the order;
(b) anything relevant contained in the official transcript of
20 any judicial proceeding against the offender or person
subject to the order for a serious sexual offence, or
contained in any medical, psychiatric, psychological or
other report tendered in a proceeding of that kind.
42. Evidence in certain hearings
25 (1) This section applies to --
(a) an application for a Division 2 order;
(b) an application under section 29 or 30 for a review; and
(c) an application for an order under section 23.
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Part 6 General
s. 43
(2) Before the court makes a decision or order on the hearing of an
application it must, if the evidence is admissible --
(a) hear evidence called by the DPP; and
(b) hear evidence given or called by the offender or person
5 subject to the order, if that person elects to give or call
evidence.
(3) Except as modified by subsection (4), ordinary rules of evidence
apply to evidence given or called under subsection (2).
(4) In making its decision, the court may receive in evidence --
10 (a) any document relevant to a person's antecedents or
criminal record;
(b) anything relevant contained in the official transcript of
any proceeding against a person for a serious sexual
offence, or contained in any medical, psychiatric,
15 psychological or other report tendered in a proceeding of
that kind.
43. Court may give directions
The court may, on its own initiative or on the application of a
party, give directions in relation to the conduct of a proceeding
20 under this Act.
44. Appearance at hearings
(1) A person is entitled to appear at the hearing of an application for
a Division 2 order against that person.
(2) A person is entitled to appear at the hearing of an application
25 under section 29 or 30 for the review of the person's detention
under a continuing detention order.
45. Warrant of commitment upon order for detention
If a court orders under this Act that a person be detained in
custody, it must issue a warrant for the person's apprehension, if
30 necessary, and detention in a prison under the Prisons Act 1981.
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General Part 6
s. 46
46. Approved forms
The chief executive officer may approve forms for use under
this Act.
47. Regulations
5 The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that
are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are
necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the
purposes of this Act.
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