7Reporting orders for other offences

7 Reporting orders for other offences

(1)  If –

(a) a court sentences a person for an offence that is not a Class 1 offence, Class 2 offence or Class 3 offence; and

(b) apart from this section, that offence would not result in the person becoming a reportable offender –

the court may make an order directing that –

(c) the Registrar cause the name of the person to be placed on the Register; and

(d) the person comply with the reporting obligations under this Act –

if the court is satisfied that the person poses a risk of committing a reportable offence in the future.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , it is not necessary that the court be able to identify a risk of offending against a particular person or particular persons or a particular class of persons.

(3)  The court must make the order at the time the person is sentenced for the offence.

(4)  An application for the imposition of an order under subsection (1) may be made by the prosecution, but an application is not necessary for the court to make the order.

(5)  For the purposes of Division 5 of Part 3 , a person subject to an order made under this section in respect of an offence that is not a reportable offence is taken to have been sentenced for a Class 2 offence when the order was made.