Access to be given to accused person
281FC Access to be given to accused person
The access supervisor under a sensitive evidence notice must, as soon as practicable after receiving a written request from the accused person, give the accused person, and any other person who has been engaged to assist with the accused person’s case, access to the sensitive evidence under supervised access arrangements.
The access supervisor must ensure that reasonable access is given. This may require access to be given on more than one occasion.
A person who is given access to a thing under supervised access arrangements must not, without the permission of the access supervisor—
copy, or permit a person to copy, the thing, or
give the thing to another person, or
remove the thing from the custody of the access supervisor.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units, or 2 years imprisonment, or both.
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