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Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006
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#### 18CC Requirements with respect to application
18CC Requirements with respect to application
> > (1) An application for an emergency detention order must be supported by an affidavit of the Commissioner of Corrective Services NSW, or of a corrective services officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner, that addresses each of the following matters—
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> > > (a) the altered circumstances that give rise to the application,
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> > > (b) the reasons why because of the altered circumstances the extended supervision order or interim supervision order to which the offender is currently subject will not prevent the offender from posing an unacceptable and imminent risk of committing a serious offence,
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> > > (c) the reasons why there are no other practicable and available means of ensuring that the offender does not pose an imminent risk of committing a serious offence (other than detention).
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> > (2) The State—
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> > > (a) must notify the Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales in writing when a decision is made to file an application in the Supreme Court for an emergency detention order in respect of an offender, and
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> > > (b) if requested to do so by the Commission—is to supply the Commission with a copy of the application and supporting affidavit.
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> **pt 3, div 3A (ss 18CA–18CD):** Ins 2014 No 58, Sch 1 \[9\].
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> **s 18CC:** Ins 2014 No 58, Sch 1 \[9\]. Am 2017 No 54, Sch 1 \[47\]–\[49\].