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CRIMINAL LAW (HIGH RISK OFFENDERS) ACT 2015 - SECT 5

CRIMINAL LAW (HIGH RISK OFFENDERS) ACT 2015 - SECT 5

5—Meaning of high risk offender

For the purposes of this Act, a "high risk offender" is—

            (a)         a serious sexual offender who was sentenced to a period of imprisonment in respect of the serious sexual offence; or

            (b)         a person referred to in paragraph (a) who is serving a sentence of imprisonment any part of which is in respect of any of the following offences:

                  (i)         an offence under section 58 or  63A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ;

                  (ii)         an offence under section 444565 or  66N(2) of the Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006 ;

                  (iii)         an offence under section 99I of the Summary Procedure Act 1921 ;

                  (iv)         an offence prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or

            (c)         a serious violent offender who was sentenced to a period of imprisonment in respect of the serious offence of violence; or

            (ca)         a terror suspect who is serving a sentence of imprisonment; or

            (cb)         a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in relation to an offence against section 241 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 where the offence committed by the principal offender (within the meaning of that section) was a serious offence of violence or serious sexual offence; or

            (d)         a person who is subject to an extended supervision order.