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Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
100DInformation to be provided to victims
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#### 100D Information to be provided to victims
100D Information to be provided to victims
> > (1) The Secretary may, if requested to do so by a victim of a juvenile offender whose name is recorded in the Victims Register or at the Secretary’s discretion, provide the following information to the victim—
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> > > (a) any change to the juvenile offender’s earliest possible release date,
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> > > (b) the discharge of the juvenile offender from detention,
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> > > (c) the general area of the juvenile offender’s residence following the juvenile offender’s discharge from detention,
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> > > (d) the transfer of a juvenile offender from a detention centre to a correctional centre or mental health facility,
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> > > (e) the death of the juvenile offender while serving a sentence or released on parole,
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> > > (f) the escape of the juvenile offender while serving a sentence,
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> > > (g) the failure of the juvenile offender to return from leave to be absent,
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> > > (h) the apprehension of the juvenile offender following the juvenile offender’s escape while serving a sentence or failure to return from leave to be absent,
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> > > (i) a decision by the Secretary to grant the juvenile offender leave under section 24(1).
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> > (2) The government agency that keeps the Victims Register must give notice to a victim of a juvenile offender who is recorded in the Victims Register of the following matters relating to the juvenile offender—
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> > > (a) that the Children’s Court or the Governor has made a parole order releasing the juvenile offender on parole and the date of the release,
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> > > (b) that the juvenile offender is eligible for release on parole in accordance with a statutory parole order and the date of the release,
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> > > (c) any additional conditions placed on the parole order,
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> > > (d) that the conditions of the parole order have been changed, and particulars of the change,
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> > > (e) that the juvenile offender’s parole has been revoked.
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> > (3) The information or notice is to be given in writing to the victim.
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> > (4) Notice of the revocation of an order is not required to be given under this section until any review of that order has been finally determined.
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> > (5) The Secretary and the government agency that keeps the Victims Register are not required to provide information or give notice under this section of any matter if the matter is included in any other requirement to give notice under this Act to the victim.
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> > (6) In this section—
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> > juvenile offender means—
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> > > (a) a person subject to control, or
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> > > (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.
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> > mental health facility has the same meaning as it has in the [Mental Health Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-008).
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> **s 100D:** Ins 2019 No 10, Sch 1.3 \[5\].