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DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 37
Proceedings to be informal
(1) The review under section 34 or the consideration of an application under
section 35 (both, the
"proceedings" ) must be conducted quickly and with as little formality and
technicality as the requirements of this Act, the regulations and as the
proper consideration of the matters before the Magistrate permit.
(2) In the
proceedings, the Magistrate is not bound by the rules of evidence but may
inform himself or herself of any matter in the way the Magistrate thinks
appropriate and as the proper consideration of the matter before the
Magistrate permits.
(3) The proceedings are open to the public.
(4) However,
if the Magistrate is satisfied that it is desirable to do so for the welfare
of the dependent person or for any other reason, the Magistrate may (of the
Magistrate's own motion or on the application of the person or another person
appearing at the proceedings) make any one or more of the following orders--
(a) an order that the proceedings be conducted wholly or partly in private,
(b) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication or broadcasting of any
report of the proceedings,
(c) an order prohibiting or restricting the
publication of evidence given in the proceedings, whether in public or in
private, or of matters contained in documents lodged with the Magistrate or
received in evidence before the Magistrate,
(d) an order prohibiting or
restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to the proceedings of
evidence given before the Magistrate, or of the contents of a document lodged
with the Magistrate or received in evidence by the Magistrate, in relation to
the proceedings.
Note : Section 41 prohibits the publication or broadcasting
of the name of a person involved in the proceedings or other material that may
identify any such person, except with the consent of the Magistrate.
(5) If
the dependent person is unable to communicate adequately in English but is
able to communicate adequately in another language the dependent person may be
assisted in the proceedings by a competent interpreter.
(6) The Magistrate
may administer an oath to any person giving evidence in the proceedings.
(7)
The dependent person must be represented in the proceedings by an Australian
legal practitioner or, with the leave of the Magistrate, another person chosen
by the dependent person, unless the dependent person states that he or she
does not wish to be represented.
(8) Any other person appearing in the
proceedings may, with the leave of the Magistrate, be represented by an
Australian legal practitioner.
(9) The primary carer of the dependent person
may, with the leave of the Magistrate, appear in the proceedings.
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