42Order for suspension

42 Order for suspension (1) On an application under section 41(2), the Supreme Court may make an order suspending the reportable offender's reporting obligations. (2) The Court must not make the order unless it is satisfied that the reportable offender does not pose a risk to the lives or the sexual safety of one or more children or children generally. (2A) The Court must not make the order if the reportable offender is subject to a supervision order under the Serious Sex Offenders Act 2013.

Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004 33 (3) In deciding whether to make the order, the Court must take the following into account: (a) the seriousness of the reportable offender's reportable offences, corresponding reportable offences and foreign reportable offences; (b) the period of time since those offences were committed; (c) the age of the reportable offender, and the age of the victims of those offences, at the time those offences were committed; (d) the difference in age between the reportable offender and the victims of those offences; (e) the reportable offender's present age; (f) the seriousness of the reportable offender's total criminal record; (g) whether the reportable offender is the subject of a prohibition order; (h) any other matter the Court considers appropriate.