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SERIOUS SEX OFFENDERS ACT 2013 (NO 9 OF 2013) - SECT 80

Information to be given to medical expert

    (1)     The Director of Correctional Services must give to a medical expert named in a medical assessment order all relevant information (including medical or prison reports) that is in the Director's possession or to which the Director has, or may be given, access.

    (2)     On the written request of the Director, a person in possession or control of the information must give the information to the Director.

    (3)     However, subsections (1) and (2) do not require:

    (a)     the Director to give to an expert information that has previously been given to the expert; or

    (b)     a person to give to the Director information he or she has previously given to the Director.

    (4)     If a person fails to give the information to the Director when requested, the Supreme Court may, on application by the Director, order the person to do so.

    (5)     A person who gives information under this section is not liable, civilly, criminally or under an administrative process, for giving the information.



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