Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A court in which an application under Part 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 is commenced may fix a date for a directions hearing to be conducted in relation to the hearing of the application.
(2) At a directions hearing the court may give any direction that it considers necessary concerning the hearing of the application.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), an offender is entitled to be present at a directions hearing.
Note
An offender may be present before the court by
audio visual link or audio link
in accordance with Part IIA of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1958 .
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a directions hearing in relation to an application for an emergency detention order if the Supreme Court has ordered under section 88 that the application is to be heard and determined in the absence of the offender.