7Relevant experts—the Act, s 4

7 Relevant experts—the Act, s 4

7 Relevant experts—the Act, s 4

(1) For the Act, section 4(1), definition of relevant expert, the following are prescribed—

(a) knowledge about the assessment of high risk offenders, including the administration of psychometric assessment instruments and recidivism issues,

(b) knowledge about the formation and operation of terrorist groups, including recruitment practices, ideology, financing and training,

(c) knowledge obtained as a result of being trained in the use of—

(i) the Violent Extremism Risk Assessment Version 2–Revised (VERA–2R) risk assessment tool, or

(ii) another tool or process developed specifically to assess the risk of an offender committing a terrorism offence on release into the community.

(2) In this section—

high risk offender means a person posing a risk of engaging in, or inciting other persons to engage in, activities that constitute a serious threat to the peace, order or good government of the State or another place.

terrorism offence means a terrorism offence or serious terrorism offence within the meaning of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth.