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Clause 106 Compulsory examination hearing

(1)A person ordered under section 104(1) to attend the Magistrates' Court for a compulsory examination hearing—

(a)may be represented at the hearing by a legal practitioner; and

(b)may address the court personally or through the legal practitioner.

(2)The evidence of a witness at a compulsory examination hearing must be—

(a)sworn and given by way of examination-in- chief; and

(b)recorded in the same manner as evidence at a committal hearing.

(3)The accused may attend a compulsory examination hearing.

(4)At a compulsory examination hearing, if the Magistrates' Court determines that there are exceptional circumstances, the accused may address the court personally or through a legal practitioner representing the accused but may not cross-examine a witness.

(5)Nothing in this section excludes or limits the operation of any other law as to the competence or compellability of a witness to give evidence. __________________ PART 4.4—PRE-HEARING DISCLOSURE OF PROSECUTION CASE