(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Secretary of the Department of Justice is entitled to appear or be represented at the hearing of an application for a registration order.
(2) The absence of the Secretary of the Department of Justice or the Secretary's representative does not prevent the court from making any order.
(3) Nothing in this section requires the Secretary of the Department of Justice to appear or be represented at the hearing of an application for a registration order.
S. 29E inserted by No. 80/2014 s. 35.