70XDefinitions for this Part

70X Definitions for this Part ***affected person*** means any of the following— (a) a victim of a registrable offence committed by a registrable offender; (b) a parent of a person referred to in paragraph (a) who— (i) is a child; or (ii) was a child at the time the offence occurred; ***affected person's representative*** means— (a) a person nominated under section 70ZB by an affected person; or (b) in the case of an affected person included in the victims register, a nominee included in the victims register for that person; ***authorised person*** means any of the following— (a) an affected person; (b) a person included in the victims register or previously included in the victims register in relation to the registrable offender; (c) a family member of the affected person, including a parent of the affected person; (d) a member of Victoria Police personnel performing a function, exercising a power or discharging a duty under this Act; (e) a police officer, the Director of Public Prosecutions or a person employed in the Office of Public Prosecutions established under the **Public Prosecutions Act 1994** if that police officer or person is investigating an offence; (f) a registered medical practitioner in the course of treatment of an affected person or affected person's representative; (g) a person registered as a psychologist under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law in the course of treatment of an affected person or affected person's representative; (h) a lawyer in the course of consulting that lawyer for legal advice; ***Director of Public Prosecutions*** means the Director of Public Prosecutions appointed under section 87AB of the **Constitution Act 1975**; ***relevant application*** means any of the following— (a) an application for a sex offender registration order; (b) an application for a registration exemption order; (c) an application under section 39 or 39A for a suspension order; (d) an application under section 44A to revoke a suspension order; (e) an application under Part 5A for approval of a change of name application; (f) an application under section 70R for approval of an acknowledgement of sex application that includes a change of name; ***relevant event*** means any of the following— (a) the making of a sex offender registration order under section 11(1), (2) or (9); (b) a suspension order ceasing to have effect by operation of section 44(1) or 44A(2); (c) the reviving of a suspension order under section 44(2); ***relevant matter*** means any of the following— (a) a suspension of reporting obligations under section 45A; (b) a cancellation of suspension of reporting obligations under section 45A; ***suspension order*** means an order made by a court under section 40 suspending a registrable offender's reporting obligations; ***victims register*** has the same meaning as it has in the **Corrections Act 1986**. S. 70Y inserted by No. 55/2025 s. 73.