16Offender may withdraw request for registration

16 Offender may withdraw request for registration

(1)  An offender in relation to whom a request has been made under section 15 may, at any time before the community-based sentence to which the request relates is registered under this Part, by notice in writing to the Minister, withdraw his or her consent to the registration of the sentence.

(2)  The Minister, as soon as practicable after receiving a notice from an offender under subsection (1) , must give notice, in writing, of the withdrawal of consent to the corresponding authority which made a request under section 15 in relation to the offender.