CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDERS REGISTRATION) ACT 2000 - SECT 4 Notices to be given when persons sentenced for registrable offences

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDERS REGISTRATION) ACT 2000 - SECT 4

4 Notices to be given when persons sentenced for registrable offences

(1) As soon as practicable after a registrable person is sentenced, the sentencing court is to give written notice to the person of--

(a) the person's reporting obligations, and

(b) the consequences that may arise if the person fails to comply with those obligations.

(2) As soon as practicable after a registrable person is sentenced, the sentencing court is to give written notice of that fact to--

(a) the Commissioner of Police, and

(b) the supervising authority for the person.

(2A) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that this section extends to any registrable person whom the court has sentenced to a term of imprisonment even if the term of imprisonment is subject to a sentence suspension order.

(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the manner and form in which written notice must be given under this section.

(4) In this section,
"court" does not include a court of a foreign jurisdiction.