New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDERS REGISTRATION) REGULATION 2009 - REG 13

13 Additional written notice for certain forensic patients

(1) This clause applies to and in respect of a forensic patient to whom (in accordance with clause 7 (b)) the Director-General of the Department of Health is required to give a statutory notice under section 5 of the Act.

(2) If the Director-General is of the opinion that the registrable person to whom such a notice relates is incapable of understanding the notice, the Director-General must cause a record of that fact to be kept.

(3) As soon as practicable after forming the opinion that a registrable person in respect of whom such a record has been made is now capable of understanding a statutory notice, the Director-General must ensure that a copy of the notice is again given to the registrable person.

(4) This clause does not cease to apply to a registrable person just because the Director-General takes measures in accordance with clause 14 to assist the person to understand:

(a) the person’s reporting obligations, and

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

and the Director-General must comply with the requirements of this clause in addition to taking those measures.