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### 50A Appeals
> [*\[Section 50A Inserted by No. 18 of 2008, s. 15, Applied:26 Jun 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-06-26/act-2008-018#GS15@EN)
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> > (1) An offender reporting order made by the Supreme Court under this Act may be appealed against in the Court of Criminal Appeal as if that order were a sentence imposed on conviction.
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> > (2) An appeal against an offender reporting order may be made by the prosecution or the person against whom the offender reporting order has been made.
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> > (3) On an appeal against an offender reporting order, the Court of Criminal Appeal may affirm, quash or vary the order.
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> > (3A) [*\[Section 50A Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 20 of 2013, s. 24, Applied:20 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-20/act-2013-020#GS24@EN) The prosecution may appeal against a decision of the Supreme Court not to make an offender reporting order or a failure to make such an order.
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> > (3B) [*\[Section 50A Subsection (3B) inserted by No. 20 of 2013, s. 24, Applied:20 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-20/act-2013-020#GS24@EN) On an appeal under [subsection (3A)](#GS50A@Gs3A@EN) , the Court of Criminal Appeal may –
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> > > > (a) affirm that an offender reporting order not be made; or
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> > > > (b) make an offender reporting order.
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> > (4) Nothing in this section restricts or affects any right of appeal that a person would have apart from this section.