CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 100C Notification to victims of leave consideration

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 100C

100C Notification to victims of leave consideration

(1) The government agency that keeps the Victims Register must give notice to any victim of a serious young offender, within the meaning of Part 4B, whose name is recorded in the Victims Register if the Review Panel has been asked to provide advice or make a recommendation about whether or not the Secretary should make an order in relation to the serious young offender under section 24(1).

(2) The notice is to be given subject to and in accordance with the regulations.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the notice must contain the following information--

(a) the matter being notified,

(b) that the victim may make a submission to the Review Panel about the matter,

(c) the form that a submission may take,

(d) the period within which a submission must be made,

(e) that the Review Panel will consider a submission made before the end of that period.

(4) The Review Panel must consider any submission made in accordance with this section.

(5) The government agency that keeps the Victims Register is not required to give notice of a matter under this section if the matter required to be notified to the victim is included in any other requirement to give notice under this Act.

(6) A failure by the government agency that keeps the Victims Register to comply with this section does not affect the validity of any advice given or recommendation made by the Review Panel.