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Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2005
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### 7 Reporting orders for other offences
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> > > > (a) a court sentences a person for an offence that is not a Class 1 offence, Class 2 offence or Class 3 offence; and
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> > > > (b) apart from this section, that offence would not result in the person becoming a reportable offender –
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> > > the court may make an order directing that –
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> > > > (c) the Registrar cause the name of the person to be placed on the Register; and
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> > > > (d) the person comply with the reporting obligations under this Act –
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> > if the court is satisfied that the person poses a risk of committing a reportable offence in the future.
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> > (2) For the purposes of [subsection (1)](#GS7@Gs1@EN) , 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.
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> > (3) The court must make the order at the time the person is sentenced for the offence.
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> > (4) An application for the imposition of an order under [subsection (1)](#GS7@Gs1@EN) may be made by the prosecution, but an application is not necessary for the court to make the order.
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> > (5) For the purposes of [Division 5](#HP3@HD5@EN) of [Part 3](#HP3@EN) , 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.