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 44, 45,
65 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.