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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
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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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