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.