Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
215Victims register—offenders other than young offenders
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215 Victims register—offenders other than young offenders (1) The director-general must maintain a register of victims of offenders. (2) The director-general must enter in the register information about a victim of an offender that the victim, or someone acting for the victim, asks the director-general to enter in the register. (3) As soon as practicable after entering the victim’s information in the register, the director-general must give the victim information, orally or in writing, about the following: (a) the role of the board; (b) the rights of registered victims under section 216 to information about offenders who are sentenced; (c) the role of victims under chapter 7 (Parole) and part 13.1 (Release on licence) in relation to the release of an offender from imprisonment under a parole order or licence. (4) If the victim is a child under 15 years old, the director-general may (5) Subsection (4) does not limit the cases in which the director-general offender does not include a young offender.