Penalties and Sentences Act 1992

The offender’s lawyers may, before the offender’s sentencing is to take place, file with the court a notice of intention to dispute the whole or any part of a report given under section 166A.

If a notice is filed under subsection (1), the court must not take the report or the part in dispute into consideration on the sentencing unless the offender’s lawyers have been given the opportunity—

to lead evidence on the disputed matters; and

to cross-examine the author of the report on its contents.