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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 30C Inclusion on the victims register

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 30C

Inclusion on the victims register

S. 30C(1) amended by No. 49/2006 s. 5(5).

    (1)     Subject to subsection (4), a person who makes an application under section 30B who is a victim within the meaning of section 30A(1) must be included on the victims register.

S. 30C(2) amended by No. 49/2006 s. 5(6).

    (2)     Subject to subsection (4), a person who makes an application under section 30B who is not a victim within the meaning of section 30A(1) may be included on the victims register if the Secretary, in writing, approves the inclusion of that person on the register.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (2), the Secretary may approve the inclusion of a person on the register if that person—

S. 30C(3)(a) amended by Nos 49/2006 s. 5(7)(a), 52/2008 s. 239.

        (a)     is not a victim within the meaning of paragraph (d) of the definition of victim in section 30A(1) but can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, a documented history of family violence (within the meaning of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ) being committed by—

S. 30C(3)(a)(i) inserted by No. 49/2006 s. 5(7)(a).

              (i)     a prisoner; or

S. 30C(3)(a)(ii) inserted by No. 49/2006 s. 5(7)(a), amended by Nos 91/2009 s. 203(1), 41/2015 s. 24(1), substituted by No. 27/2018 s. 355(14)(a).

              (ii)     an offender who is or was subject to a supervision order, a detention order or an emergency detention order, or an application for a supervision order, a detention order or an emergency detention order—

against that person; or

S. 30C(3)(b) amended by No. 49/2006 s. 5(7)(b).

        (b)     can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, a substantial connection to the offence for which the prisoner is serving a sentence of imprisonment; or

S. 30C(3)(c) inserted by No. 49/2006 s. 5(7)(c), amended by Nos 91/2009 s. 203(1), 41/2015 s. 24(1), substituted by No. 27/2018 s. 355(14)(b).

        (c)     can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, a substantial connection to an offence referred to in Schedule 1 or 2 to the Serious Offenders Act 2018 for which the offender is or was subject to a supervision order, a detention order or an emergency detention order, or an application for a supervision order, a detention order or an emergency detention order.

S. 30C(4) inserted by No. 49/2006 s. 5(8), amended by Nos 91/2009 s. 203(2), 41/2015 s. 24(2).

    (4)     If a person makes an application under section 30B after the expiry of the relevant sentence of imprisonment or the relevant supervision order or detention order, the Secretary is not required to include the person on the victims register.

S. 30D inserted by No. 14/2004 s. 8.