CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 79C Approval by Board
CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 79C
Approval by Board(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board may only approve a change of name application if the Board is satisfied that the change of name is in all the circumstances necessary or reasonable.
(2) The Board must not approve a change of name application if the Board is satisfied that the change of name would, if registered, be reasonably likely—
(a) to be regarded as offensive by a victim of crime or an appreciable sector of the community; or
(b) to be used to evade or hinder supervision of the prisoner on parole during the parole period.
S. 79D inserted by No. 49/2006 s. 7.