Under s 23 of the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006 (WA), the court must make a continuing detention order if satisfied to a high degree of probability that there is an unacceptable risk the person would commit a serious sexual offence. Contraventions of supervision order conditions that do not directly relate to sexual offending are nonetheless relevant to the risk assessment, because the conditions operate as an integrated regime. The term 'shopping centre' in a supervision order bears its ordinary meaning and is not limited to enclosed shopping malls.
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