An appeal against an extended supervision order on the ground of excessive duration is competent under s 36 of the Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act 2005. While there is no right of appeal against a refusal to make a suppression order under s 42, the Court of Appeal has power to make its own suppression order as a court in a proceeding under the Act. The public interest in suppression of an offender's identity may be established by evidence of the destabilising effects of disclosure on the offender, given that a supervision order is not a punishment and the offender has discharged his debt to society.
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