Victorian Numbered Acts

SERIOUS SEX OFFENDERS (DETENTION AND SUPERVISION) AMENDMENT (COMMUNITY SAFETY) ACT 2016 (NO. 32 OF 2016) - SECT 5

After section 6 of the Principal Act insert —

        " 6A     Safety and protection of the community paramount in any decision under this Act

In making a decision under this Act, a person or body must give paramount consideration to the safety and protection of the community.

        6B     Sex offender registration order under Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004

    (1)     On the making, confirmation or renewal
of a supervision order or a detention order under this Act or a determination under section 78(3)(a) or (b) of a condition on a supervision order, the court must make a sex offender registration order under the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 in respect of the offender if the offender is not already subject to that Act.

    (2)     A sex offender registration order under the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 made in the circumstances referred to in subsection (1) must be for a period of not less than 15 years.

Note

See section 11(9) and (10) of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 .".