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18K Disputed report

(1)The Director of Public Prosecutions or the offender may file with the court a notice of intention to dispute the whole or any part of a report provided under section 18J.
(2)If a notice is filed under subsection (1) before the review is to take place, the court must not take the report or the part in dispute (as the case requires) into consideration on the hearing of the review unless the party that filed the notice has been given the opportunity—
(a)to lead evidence on the disputed matters; and
(b)to cross-examine the author of the report on its contents.