Penalties and Sentences Act 1992

The director of public prosecutions or the offender may file with the court a notice of intention to dispute the whole or any part of a report provided under section 172A.

If a notice is filed under subsection (1) before the review is to take place, the court must not take the report or the part in dispute into consideration on the hearing of the review unless the party that filed the notice has been given the opportunity—

to lead evidence on the disputed matters; and

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