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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
52Notice to be given to reportable offender
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52 Notice to be given to reportable offender
(1) A reportable offender must be given written notice of:
(a) his or her reporting obligations; and
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(2) A reportable offender must be given a notice under this section as
soon as practicable after he or she:
(a) is sentenced for a reportable offence; or
(b) is released from government custody in the Territory (whether
in government custody for a reportable offence or otherwise);
or
(c) enters the Territory, if he or she has not previously been given
notice of his or her reporting obligations in the Territory; or
(d) becomes a corresponding, foreign or deemed reportable
offender, if he or she is in the Territory at that time.
(3) Subsection (2)(b) is taken to be complied with if the reportable
offender is given the notice within 7 days before his or her release
from government custody.
(4) A notice under this section must be given by the person, a member
of a class of persons, or the body specified in or determined in
accordance with the Regulations.
(5) A person or body is not required to give a notice under this section
if the notice has been given by another person or body.