Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 - SECT 56

Who this Division applies to

56. Who this Division applies to



(1) This Division applies to each of the following-

   (a)  any registrable offender who is currently a participant in a Victorian
        witness protection program;

   (b)  any registrable offender who is the subject of an order in force under
        this Division declaring that he or she is a person to whom this
        Division applies.

(2) This Division (except sections 58 to 60) also applies to a registrable
offender who is receiving protection under a foreign witness protection law
specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection, or who has
the same status as such a person under an order made under a corresponding Act
specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

(3) In this Division, Victorian witness protection program has the same
meaning as it has in the Witness Protection Act 1991.

Note Section 6(5) excludes from the definition of registrable offender persons
receiving protection under foreign witness protection laws prescribed for the
purposes of that section or who have the same status as such persons under a
corresponding Act that is so prescribed.