If a report is prepared under section 78, you can give evidence about something mentioned in the report. You can do this if you are a party involved in the case. The court can also ask the person who wrote the report to come and talk about it.
The court can decide to ask the person who made the report to come and talk on its own, or because someone involved in the case asked them to. This means the person who wrote the report might have to come to court as a witness. You can find more information about this by looking at section 78.
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If a report has been prepared under section 78, every party may give evidence on a matter referred to in the report.
The court may call the person making the report as a witness, either on its own initiative or on the application of a party.
