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SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 50 Notice to be given to registrable offender

SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 50

Notice to be given to registrable offender

    (1)     A registrable offender is to be given written notice of—

        (a)     his or her reporting obligations; and

        (b)     the consequences that may arise if he or she fails to comply with those obligations.

S. 50(1A) inserted by No. 25/2017 s. 31.

    (1A)     A notice under subsection (1) must include the details (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

    (2)     A registrable offender is to be given a notice under this section as soon as practicable after any of the following events happens—

        (a)     he or she is sentenced for a registrable offence;

        (b)     he or she is released from government custody (whether in government custody for a registrable offence or not);

        (c)     he or she enters Victoria if he or she has not previously been given notice of his or her reporting obligations in Victoria;

        (d)     he or she becomes a corresponding registrable offender, if he or she is in Victoria at that time.

    (3)     A notice under this section is to be given by the person or body specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations.

    (4)     A person or body is not required to give a notice under this section if the notice has been given by another person or body.

S. 50(5) substituted by No. 34/2005 s. 17.

    (5)     Despite anything in this Division, a court that—

        (a)     makes any order or imposes any sentence that has the effect of making a person a registrable offender for the purposes of this Act; or

        (b)     imposes any sentence on a person in relation to a registrable offence—

must ensure that the person is, at the time the order is made or the sentence imposed, given a written notice specifying the reporting period that applies to him or her consequent on the order or sentence.

S. 50(5A) inserted by No. 21/2016 s. 18(1).

    (5A)     The court may issue a further notice to correct an error in a notice given to a person under this section.

S. 50(6) inserted by No. 34/2005 s. 17, amended by No. 21/2016 s. 18(2).

    (6)     In subsections (5) and (5A), court does not include a court of a foreign jurisdiction.

S. 51 (Heading) amended by No. 34/2005 s. 18(1).