Evidence
17 Evidence
Evidence may be given at a hearing for an order under this Part orally or by affidavit.
An affidavit for use in the hearing for an order under this Part 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.
For the purposes of the hearing for an order under this Part, 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 —
that is part of the court record; or
that was received by that court in sentencing proceedings.
In subsection (3) —
court record has the meaning given in the Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988 section 51A(1).
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; No. 35 of 2024 s. 79.]
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