Northern Territory regulation

VICTIMS OF CRIME RIGHTS AND SERVICES REGULATIONS 2010

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These Regulations set procedural rules for people registered with the Central Victim Services Unit (CVSU). Registered persons must notify CVSU of contact or eligibility-changing events within 28 days (r2) and sign a confidentiality agreement (r3). The Director may remove people from the register on listed grounds and must give written notice within 14 days when removal occurs (r4). CVSU must notify registered persons if a relevant offender breaches electronic monitoring conditions for specified orders (r5).

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VICTIMS OF CRIME RIGHTS AND SERVICES REGULATIONS 2010

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA VICTIMS OF CRIME RIGHTS AND SERVICES REGULATIONS 2010 As in force at 7 June 2025 Table of provisions 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 Information to be given to CVSU ..................................................... 1 3 Confidentiality agreement ................................................................ 1 4 Removal from register ..................................................................... 1 5 Information to be given to registered persons.................................. 2 ENDNOTES

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 7 June 2025

VICTIMS OF CRIME RIGHTS AND SERVICES REGULATIONS 2010 Regulations under the Victims of Crime Rights and Services Act 2006 1 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Victims of Crime Rights and Services Regulations 2010. 2 Information to be given to CVSU For section 27(1) of the Act, a registered person must: (a) within 28 days after a change in the person's contact details, give the CVSU written notice of the person's new contact details; and (b) within 28 days after the occurrence of an event that affects the person's eligibility to be registered under section 19 of the Act, give the CVSU written notice of the event. 3 Confidentiality agreement For section 27(2) of the Act, a registered person must sign a confidentiality agreement in which the person acknowledges, and agrees to be bound by, the obligations under section 29 of the Act in relation to information received from the CVSU. 4 Removal from register (1) For section 28 of the Act, the Director: (a) must remove a registered person from the register if the person requests the Director, in writing, to do so; and (b) may remove a registered person from the register if any of the following occur: (i) the CVSU is unable to contact the person after making reasonable attempts to do so using the contact details given by the person;

Victims of Crime Rights and Services Regulations 2010 2 (ii) the Director forms a belief, on reasonable grounds, that the person has disclosed information in breach of section 29 of the Act; (iii) the person ceases to be eligible to be registered under section 19 of the Act; (iv) the person dies; (v) the relevant offender is transferred to a prison outside the Territory to serve the remainder of his or her term of imprisonment for the relevant offence; (vi) the relevant offender is discharged from the sentence for the relevant offence, or the offender is otherwise lawfully and indefinitely released from custody; (vii) the conviction of the relevant offender for the relevant offence is overturned; (viii) the relevant offender dies. (2) Within 14 days after removing a person from the register, the Director must give the person written notice of the removal and, if the person was removed under subregulation (1)(b), the reason for the removal. (3) Subregulation (2) does not apply if the person has died. 5 Information to be given to registered persons For section 22(1)(o) of the Act, the CVSU must notify a registered person if the CVSU becomes aware that a relevant offender breaches or fails to comply with, or is alleged to have breached or failed to comply with, an electronic monitoring condition in relation to the following orders: (a) a parole order; (b) a suspended sentence order; (c) an intensive community correction order; (d) a supervision order.

ENDNOTES Victims of Crime Rights and Services Regulations 2010 3 ENDNOTES 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Victims of Crime Rights and Services Regulations (SL No. 3, 2010) Notified 15 March 2010 Commenced 15 March 2010 Domestic and Family Violence and Victims Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 12, 2025) Assent 6 June 2025 Commenced s 14: 1 July 2025 (s 2(2)); rem: 7 June 2025 (s 2(1)) 3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: r 1. 4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS r 5 ins Act No. 12, 2025, s 21

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 7 June 2025