Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Regulation 2025
4Definition of “supervising authority”—the Act, s 2B(1)
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4 Definition of “supervising authority”—the Act, s 2B(1)
4 Definition of “supervising authority”—the Act, s 2B(1)
(1) For the Act, section 2B(1), definition of supervising authority, the following authorities are prescribed as having control of the registrable person—
(a) for a registrable person who is participating in the Pre-Trial Diversion of Offenders Program—the Director of the program,
(b) for a registrable person who is a prescribed offender—the Secretary,
(c) for a registrable person who is a forensic patient—the Health Secretary,
(d) for a registrable person who is a correctional patient—the Commissioner of Corrective Services.
(2) In this section—
prescribed offender includes the following—
(a) an inmate,
(b) an existing licensee,
(c) a detainee,
(d) a person subject to an intensive correction order, community correction order or conditional release order under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,
(e) a person subject to an extended supervision order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017,
(f) a person under the supervision of the Secretary or another employee of the Department of Communities and Justice under one of the following—
(i) an order made by the Children’s Court under the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, section 33,
(ii) a condition of parole under the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, the Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983 or the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth,
(iii) an order made by a court of a foreign jurisdiction.
s 4: Am 2025 (446), Sch 1[3] [4].