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Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004
11GAdmissibility of evidence in hearing of application
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11G Admissibility of evidence in hearing of application
(1) Without limiting any other evidence that may be adduced, the following is admissible as evidence in the hearing of an application under section 11A—
(a) the transcript or other record of the evidence given by a victim in the trial or sentencing hearing of the applicant for a specified offence to which the application relates;
(b) a victim impact statement tendered in the sentencing hearing of the applicant for a specified offence to which the application relates.
(2) A court must not grant leave to cross‑examine a victim referred to in subsection (1) in the hearing of an application under section 11A.
Part 3—Reporting obligations
Division 1—Initial report
12 When the report must be made
(1) A registrable offender of a kind referred to in column 1 of the Table must report his or her personal details to the Chief Commissioner of Police within the period specified in relation to him or her in column 2 of the Table—
S. 12(1) (Table) amended by Nos 55/2009 s. 44(1)(2), 32/2016 s. 44.
**TABLE**
| *Column 1* | *Column 2* |
| *Registrable Offender* | *Period for Initial Report* |
| A registrable offender (other than a corresponding registrable offender) who enters government custody in Victoria on or after 1 October 2004 as a consequence of having been sentenced for a registrable offence and who ceases to be in government custody whilst in Victoria | Within 7 days after he or she ceases to be in government custody |
| A registrable offender (other than a corresponding registrable offender) in government custody in Victoria immediately before 1 October 2004 and who ceases to be in government custody whilst in Victoria | Within 7 days after he or she ceases to be in government custody |
| A registrable offender (other than a corresponding registrable offender) who is in Victoria on 1 October 2004, but who is not in government custody at that time | Within 45 days after 1 October 2004 |
| Any other registrable offender who is sentenced for a registrable offence in Victoria | Within 7 days after he or she is sentenced for the registrable offence |
| A registrable offender who enters Victoria from a foreign jurisdiction and who has not previously been required under this section to report his or her personal details to the Chief Commissioner of Police | Within 7 days after entering and remaining in Victoria for 14 or more consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody |
| A corresponding registrable offender who has not previously reported his or her personal details to the Chief Commissioner of Police and who is in Victoria on the date on which he or she becomes a corresponding registrable offender | Within 7 days after he or she becomes a corresponding registrable offender or 7 days after he or she ceases to be in government custody, whichever is the later |
| A registrable offender referred to in section 11(9) and (10) | Within 7 days after the order referred to in section 11(9) is made |
(2) Despite subsection (1), a registrable offender must report his or her personal details to the Chief Commissioner of Police before leaving Victoria unless he or she entered Victoria from a foreign jurisdiction and remained in Victoria for less than 14 consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody.