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SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 85J

Court to give reasons for its decision

    (1)     On deciding to grant or refuse an application for a compensation order or to refuse to hear and determine such an application, the court must—

        (a)     state in writing the reasons for its decision; and

        (b)     cause those reasons to be entered in the records of the court.

    (2)     The failure of a court to comply with subsection (1) does not invalidate the decision made by it on the application.

S. 85K
inserted by No. 54/2000 s. 21.



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