52Notice to be given to reportable offender

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

Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004 37 (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.