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Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004
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61C Restrictions on publication
(1) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not publish under section 61A—
(a) any information about a registrable offender who is a child; or
(b) any information that may identify a child (including a registrable offender who is a child).
(2) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not publish under section 61A any information about a registrable offender to whom Division 9 applies.
(3) The Chief Commissioner of Police must consult with the Commissioner for Corrections before publishing under section 61A any information about a registrable offender who is—
(a) on parole; or
S. 61C(3)(b) substituted by No. 27/2018 s. 365(3).
(b) subject to a supervision order, an interim supervision order, a detention order, an interim detention order or an emergency detention order within the meaning of the **Serious Offenders Act 2018**.
(4) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not publish under section 61A any personal details reported by the registrable offender under section 14(1)(d), (f) or (g) unless any other person to whom those details relate
(or the other person's representative) has been notified of the intended publication.
(5) Despite subsection (4), the Chief Commissioner of Police is not required to notify a person if the notification would compromise a police investigation.
S. 61D inserted by No. 21/2016 s. 11.