(1) Evidence may be
given at a hearing orally or by affidavit.
(2) An affidavit for
use in the 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 the person making the affidavit states the source of the information
and the grounds for the belief.
(3) For the purposes
of the hearing, the Commissioner is entitled, on request, to inspect or obtain
a copy of any document relating to the respondent held by the Children’s
Court —
(a) that
is part of the court record; or
(b) that
was received by that court in sentencing proceedings.
(4) In subsection (3)
—
court record has the meaning given in the
Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988 section 51A(1).
(5) Subsection (3)
does not limit the Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988
section 51A(3).
[Section 17 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 8.]