119Notifying victims of final release, &c.

119 Notifying victims of final release, &c.

[Section 119 Amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 121, Applied:25 Sep 2023] Before, or as soon as practicable after, a forensic patient is finally released from an SMHU or transferred to another SMHU –

(a) the controlling authority is to notify the Secretary (Corrections) of the impending release or transfer; and

(b) the Secretary (Corrections) is to search the Eligible Persons Register; and

(c) the Secretary (Corrections) is to give each eligible person in relation to the forensic patient notice of the release or transfer, unless circumstances make it impossible or impracticable to give such notice in a particular case.