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provides that a person ordered to attend court under clause 104(1) may be legally represented at the hearing and address the court. Subclause (2) requires witnesses at a compulsory hearing to give evidence under oath by examination-in-chief and for the evidence to be recorded as it is in committal hearings. Subclauses (3) and (4) allow the accused to attend a compulsory examination hearing and, if the court determines that there are exceptional circumstances, the accused may address the court, personally or through their legal practitioner, but may not cross-examine witnesses. If the informant proposes to rely on the evidence of this potential witness, the informant must disclose a transcript of the person's evidence, or a statement prepared by the person, as part of the hand-up brief (see clause 110(1)(d)(v)). If the evidence forms part of the hand-up brief, the accused may seek leave to cross-examine the witness under Part 4.5 Nothing in the clause excludes or limits any other law regarding the competence or compellability of a witness to give evidence.