16Form of request for registration

16 Form of request for registration

16 Form of request for registration

(1) The local authority must consider the request if the request:

(a) is in writing, and

(b) states the following particulars:

(i) the offender’s name,

(ii) the offender’s date of birth,

(iii) the offender’s last-known address,

(iv) any other particulars required by the local authority, and

(c) is accompanied by the documents mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) The documents to accompany the request are as follows:

(a) a copy of the interstate sentence certified by the interstate authority,

(b) a copy of the offender’s consent for the registration of the sentence in this jurisdiction,

(c) a copy of any relevant pre-sentence report about the offender held by the interstate jurisdiction in relation to any offence committed by the offender for which the offender is subject to a sentence,

(d) a copy of any relevant psychological or other assessment of the offender held by the interstate authority,

(e) details held by the interstate jurisdiction of:

(i) the offender’s criminal record (whether in or outside Australia), and

(ii) the offender’s compliance with the interstate sentence and any other relevant non-custodial sentence,

(f) a statement by the interstate authority explaining what part of the sentence has been served in the interstate jurisdiction or any other interstate jurisdiction before the making of the request,

(g) a statement by the interstate authority that the authority has explained to the offender, in language likely to be readily understood by the offender, that, if the sentence is registered in this jurisdiction:

(i) the offender will be bound by the requirements of the law of this jurisdiction in relation to the sentence, and

(ii) a breach of the sentence may result in the offender being resentenced in this jurisdiction for the offence, and