SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 56 Who this Division applies to
SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 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.