Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 172A

172A Distribution of reports

(1) The court must, a reasonable time before a review under section 171 or 172 is to take place, cause a copy of a report ordered by it under section 176 to be provided to—

(a) the director of public prosecutions; and

(b) the legal practitioner representing the offender; and

(c) the offender, if the court has so directed; and

(d) any victim, within the meaning of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , section 5 , of the offence for which the indefinite sentence was imposed, if the court has so decided.

(2) If the prosecution or the defence has caused a report about the offender to be prepared for a review under section 171 or 172 , it must, a reasonable time before the review is to take place—

(a) file the report with the court; and

(b) provide a copy of the report to the director of public prosecutions or the legal practitioner representing the offender, as the case requires.