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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
41Supreme Court may exempt certain reportable offenders
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41 Supreme Court may exempt certain reportable offenders
(1) This Division applies in relation to a reportable offender who is
required to comply with the reporting obligations imposed by this
Part for the remainder of his or her life.
(2) If:
(a) a period of 15 years has passed since the reportable offender
was last sentenced or released from government custody,
whether in the Territory or elsewhere, in respect of a
reportable offence or foreign reportable offence (ignoring any
other periods during which he or she was in government
custody); and
(b) he or she did not become the subject of a life-long reporting
period under a corresponding Act whilst in a foreign
jurisdiction before becoming the subject of such a period in the
Territory; and
(c) he or she is not subject to parole in respect of a reportable
the reportable offender may apply to the Supreme Court for an
order suspending his or her reporting obligations.