100AVictims Register

#### 100A Victims Register 100A Victims Register > > (1) There is to be a Victims Register. > > > (2) There are to be recorded in the Victims Register the names of victims of juvenile offenders who have requested that they be given notice of the possible release of the juvenile offender concerned. > > > (3) The Victims Register is to be kept by the government agency— > > > > > (a) prescribed by the regulations, or > > > > > (b) if the regulations do not prescribe an agency—designated by the Minister. > > > (4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to— > > > > > (a) the keeping of the Victims Register, and > > > > > (b) the manner in which a notice to victims may or must be given under this Act and the circumstances (if any) in which a notice need not be given, and > > > > > (c) the identification of a person who is a victim for the purposes of this Act, including— > > > > > > > (i) the determination of the persons who are family representatives of a victim, and > > > > > > > (ii) the provision, by a person claiming to be a victim, of evidence of the person’s identity and of the circumstances by which the person claims to be a victim. > > > (5) In this section— > > > > juvenile offender means— > > > > > (a) a person subject to control, or > > > > > (b) a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment and who was under the age of 18 years when the person committed the offence. > > > > victim— > > > > > (a) means— > > > > > > > (i) in relation to a juvenile offender—a victim of an offence for which the juvenile offender has been sentenced or of any offence taken into account under Division 3 of Part 3 of the [Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-092), or > > > > > > > (ii) if the victim referred to in subparagraph (i) is dead or under any incapacity or in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations—a family representative of a victim, and > > > > > (b) includes a person who suffers actual physical bodily harm, mental illness or nervous shock, or whose property is deliberately taken, destroyed or damaged, as a direct result of an act committed, or apparently committed, by the juvenile offender in the course of an offence. > > **s 100A:** Ins 2019 No 10, Sch 1.3 \[5\].