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Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004
70SApproval by Chief Commissioner of Police of the making of acknowledgement of sex application
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70S Approval by Chief Commissioner of Police of the making of acknowledgement of sex application
(1) Subject to subsection (2), on an application under section 70R, the Chief Commissioner of Police may approve the making of an acknowledgement of sex application if the Chief Commissioner of Police is satisfied that the alteration of the record of sex or the issuing of a document acknowledging name and sex is, in all the circumstances, necessary or reasonable.
(2) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not approve the making of an acknowledgement of sex application if the Chief Commissioner of Police is satisfied that the alteration of the record of sex or the issuing of a document acknowledging name and sex would be reasonably likely—
(a) to be regarded as offensive by a victim of crime or an appreciable sector of the community; or
(b) to frustrate the administration of this Act in respect of the registrable offender.
S. 70T inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 37.