13Offender reporting orders

13 Offender reporting orders (1) If a court finds a person guilty of an offence that is not a Class 1 or Class 2 offence, it may order that the person comply with the reporting obligations of this Act. (2) If a court finds a person guilty of a Class 1 or Class 2 offence committed as a child (whether or not the person is still a child at the time of the finding of guilt), it may order that the person comply with the reporting obligations of this Act. (3) The court may make the order only if it is satisfied that the person poses a risk to the lives or the sexual safety of one or more children or children generally. (4) For subsection (3), it is not necessary that the court be able to identify a risk to a particular child, particular children or a particular class of children. (5) The court may make the order only if it imposes a sentence in relation to the offence and must make the order concurrently with that sentence. (6) The prosecution may apply for the order, but an application is not necessary for the court to make the order. (7) For Part 3, Division 5, a person who is the subject of an order made under this section is taken to have been found guilty of a Class 2

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