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Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005
15Court may make child sex offender registration order
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15 Court may make child sex offender registration order
(1) If a person is found guilty of an offence that is not a class 1 or class 2
offence, the court sentencing the person for the offence may make a
child sex offender registration order in relation to the person.
(2) This section is subject to the following sections:
• section 16 (Court may only make order if person risk to sexual
safety)
• section 17 (Court may only make order with sentence)
• section 18 (Court may only make order on prosecution
application).
16 Court may only make order if person risk to sexual safety
(1) The court may make a child sex offender registration order only if,
after taking into account anything the court considers appropriate, the
court is satisfied that the person poses a risk to the sexual safety of 1
or more people or of the community.
Child sex offender registration orders Part 2.2
Orders for certain previous offenders Division 2.2.3
(2) For subsection (1), it is not necessary that the court can identify a risk
to particular people, or a particular class of people.