28Committee to determine whether risk assessment of relevant offender to be carried out

### 28 Committee to determine whether risk assessment of relevant offender to be carried out > > (1)  The risk assessment committee, after considering each report in relation to a relevant offender that is provided to the committee under [section 27](#GS27@EN) , is to determine whether a risk assessment of the relevant offender is to be carried out. > > > (2)  The risk assessment committee may only determine under [subsection (1)](#GS28@Gs1@EN) that a risk assessment of a relevant offender is not to be carried out if, having regard to the circumstances of the relevant offender, the committee considers that it is not necessary or desirable for a risk assessment of the relevant offender to be carried out. > > > (3)  If the risk assessment committee determines under [subsection (1)](#GS28@Gs1@EN) that a risk assessment of a relevant offender is to be carried out, the chairperson of the risk assessment committee is – > > > > > > (a) to appoint a person to conduct a risk assessment of the relevant offender; and > > > > > > > (b) to provide to the person any report in relation to the offender that is provided to the committee under [section 27](#GS27@EN) . > > > (4)  The person appointed under [subsection (3)](#GS28@Gs3@EN) to conduct a risk assessment of a relevant offender is to be a member of the one of the relevant classes of persons that the chairperson considers, having regard to the circumstances of the relevant offender, to be the class of persons most suited to conduct the risk assessment of the relevant offender. > > > (5)  For the purposes of [subsection (4)](#GS28@Gs4@EN) , the following are the relevant classes of persons: > > > > > > (a) psychiatrists; > > > > > > > (b) psychologists; > > > > > > > (c) medical practitioners.