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Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005
18DMatters court must consider before making registration
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18D Matters court must consider before making registration
order in relation to previous offender
(1) For section 18C (1) (d), the matters are as follows:
(a) for each offence for which the person is a previous offender—
(i) the seriousness of the offence; and
(ii) the period since the offence was committed; and
(iii) the person’s and victim’s ages, and the difference in age
between them, when the person committed the offence;
(b) the person’s age;
(c) the seriousness of the person’s criminal history;
(d) whether the level of risk that the person may commit another
registrable offence outweighs the effect of the order on the
person;
(e) the person’s circumstances, to the extent that they relate to the
order sought.
1 the person’s accommodation, employment, health, cultural and social
needs
2 the need to integrate the person into the community
(2) The court may have regard to anything else the court considers
relevant.
criminal history, about a person, means a finding of guilt against the
person for a class 1 or class 2 offence.