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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 195B
Access to court files by representative of community justice group in offender’s community
195B Access to court files by representative of community justice group in
offender’s community
(1) This section applies if an offender is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander person.
(2) A representative of the community justice group in the
offender’s community may inspect a court file, or a document in a court
file, or obtain a copy of information from a court file or document, that may
be relevant to making a submission about the offender under section 9 (2) (p)
.
(3) However, subsection (2) applies only if the court directs that the
information be made available or given to the representative.
(4) The court
may make the direction whether or not the representative has made an
application to the court for the direction.
(5) In deciding whether to direct
that information be made available or given to the representative, the court
may have regard to the following— (a) whether the representative would
otherwise have access to the information;
(b) whether the offender consents
to the information being made available or given to the representative.
(6)
Subsection (5) does not limit the matters to which the court may have regard.
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