Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts A case direction notice—
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(a) must be in the form prescribed by the rules of court;
(b) must specify the procedure by which it is proposed that the matter be dealt with or indicate whether an adjournment of the committal mention hearing would assist the parties in determining how the matter should be dealt with;
(c) must state the names of any witnesses that the accused intends to seek leave to cross-examine and specify in respect of each of those witnesses whether the informant consents to or opposes leave being granted;
(d) if the informant opposes leave being granted to cross-examine a specified witness, must state—
(i) any issue identified by the accused to which the proposed questioning relates and any reason provided by the accused as to why the evidence of the witness is relevant to that issue; and
(ii) why cross-examination of the witness on that issue is justified; and
(iii) why the informant opposes leave being granted;
(e) may include a statement that the accused requires—
(i) specified items listed in the hand-up brief to be produced for inspection or a copy given to the accused on or before the committal mention hearing;
(ii) a copy of any information, document or thing specified by the accused that the accused considers ought to have been included in the hand-up brief;
(iii) particulars of previous convictions of any witness on whose evidence the prosecution intends to rely in the committal proceeding;
(f) may include a statement that the accused is prepared, or is not prepared, to proceed or proceed further with the committal hearing while a forensic procedure, examination or test described in the hand-up brief remains uncompleted;
(g) must be signed by or on behalf
of the accused and the DPP or, if the DPP is not conducting the committal
proceeding, the informant.
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