Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 - SECT 34

Length of reporting period

34. Length of reporting period



(1) A registrable offender must continue to comply with the reporting
obligations imposed by this Part for-

   (a)  8 years, if he or she has only ever been found guilty of a single
        Class 2 offence; or

   (b)  15 years, if he or she-

   (i)  has only ever been found guilty of a single Class 1 offence (other
        than an offence referred to in item 2 of Schedule 1); or

   (ii) has ever been found guilty of 2 Class 2 offences; or

   (c)  the remainder of his or her life, if he or she-

   (i)  has ever been found guilty of 2 or more Class 1 offences; or

   (ia) has ever been found guilty of a single offence referred to in item 2
        of Schedule 1; or

   (ii) has ever been found guilty of a Class 1 offence and 1 or more Class 2
        offences; or

   (iii) has ever been found guilty of 3 or more Class 2 offences. Note A
        life-long reporting obligation may be suspended under Division 6.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to an offence extends to an offence
committed before the commencement of that subsection.

(3) For the purposes of this section-

   (a)  2 or more offences arising from the same incident are to be treated as
        a single offence; and

   (b)  2 or more offences arising from the same incident are to be treated as
        a single Class 1 offence if at least one of those offences is a Class
        1 offence.

Note The meaning of single offence is qualified by section 5(1).

(4) For the purposes of this Division, a person subject to a sex offender
registration order-

   (a)  if found guilty of a Class 3 offence is deemed to have been found
        guilty of a Class 1 offence; and

   (b)  if found guilty of a Class 4 offence or any other offence other than a
        Class 3 offence is deemed to have been found guilty of a Class 2
        offence.