Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 - SECT 63

Access to the Register to be restricted

63. Access to the Register to be restricted



(1) The Chief Commissioner of Police must ensure-

   (a)  that the Register, or any part of the Register, is only accessed by a
        person, or a class of person, who is authorised to do so by the Chief
        Commissioner of Police; and

   (b)  that personal information in the Register is only disclosed in
        accordance with this Act.





(1A) Despite subsection (1)(b), the Chief Commissioner of Police may notify
the Registrar within the meaning of the
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 of the name (including any
other name by which he or she is, or has previously been, known), date of
birth and residential address or addresses of any registrable offender as
stated in the Register.

(2) The Chief Commissioner of Police must develop guidelines in relation to
the accessing and disclosure of personal information in the Register that
attempt to ensure that access to the personal information in the Register is
restricted to the greatest extent that is possible without interfering with
the purpose of this Act.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the Register includes any information
from any register maintained under a corresponding Act that is accessible by
the Chief Commissioner of Police, regardless of whether or not that
information is physically part of the Register.

(4) This section has effect despite any other Act or law to the contrary.