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#### 3F Orders made in relation to foreign offences and old offences
3F Orders made in relation to foreign offences and old offences
> > (1) The Local Court may, on application by the Commissioner of Police, order any of the following persons to comply with the reporting obligations of this Act—
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> > > (a) a person who has been found guilty of an offence against the law of a foreign jurisdiction that, if the offence had been committed in New South Wales, would have been an offence under the law of New South Wales, and who is not otherwise a registrable person in respect of that offence,
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> > > (b) a person who has (at any time) been sentenced by a court for a Class 1 offence of which the person was found guilty before 15 October 2001, unless the person was a child at the time that the offence was committed,
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> > > (c) a person who has (at any time) been sentenced by a court for a relevant Class 2 offence, unless the person was a child at the time the offence was committed.
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> > (2) The Local Court may make an order under this section only if it is satisfied that the person poses a risk to the lives or sexual safety of one or more children, or of children generally.
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> > (3) For the purposes of calculating the person’s reporting period under this Act, if the Local Court makes an order in respect of a person under this section, the person is taken to have been found guilty of, and sentenced for, a Class 2 offence on the date an order under this section is made.
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> > (4) Section 51 of the [Local Court Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-093) does not apply to proceedings for an order under this section.
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> > (5) The fact that an offence in respect of which a person has been found guilty is spent does not prevent the making of an order under this section.
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> > (6) For the purposes of this section, an offence is spent if, under a law in any jurisdiction, the person is permitted not to disclose the fact that the person was convicted or found guilty of the offence.
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> > (7) In this section—
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> > relevant Class 2 offence, in relation to a person, means an offence—
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> > > (a) referred to in—
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> > > > (i) section 2D(2)(a), or
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> > > > (ii) Schedule 1B, Part 1, item 1 or 21, and
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> > > (b) of which the person was found guilty before 24 October 2014.
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> **s 3F:** Ins 2007 No 87, Sch 1 \[11\]. Am 2007 No 87, Sch 4.1 \[1\] \[2\]; 2014 No 54, Sch 1 \[18\]; 2024 No 62, Sch 1\[13\]–\[15\].