5Reportable offenders

5 Reportable offenders

(1)  A reportable offender is a person –

(a) whom a court, on or after the commencement of this Act, sentences for a reportable offence; and

(b) in respect of whom the court makes an order under section 6 .

(2)  A person is also a reportable offender if the person was sentenced for a reportable offence before the commencement of this Act and is an existing controlled offender in respect of that offence and is made subject to an order under section 9 .

(3)  A person is also a reportable offender if the person is subject to an order under section 7 .

(4)  A person who is a corresponding reportable offender is also a reportable offender.

(5)  A person ceases to be a reportable offender if –

(a) the finding of guilt in respect of the only offence that makes the person a reportable offender for the purposes of this Act is quashed or set aside by a court; or

(b) the person is a reportable offender only because he or she is subject to an offender reporting order and that order is quashed on appeal.

(6)  For the purposes of this section, it is irrelevant whether or not a person may lodge, or has lodged, an appeal in respect of a finding of guilt, sentence or offender reporting order.