The phrase 'as a result of having been sentenced for a registrable offence' in s 3 of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 (Vic) does not require the registrable offence to be the sole cause of the sentence being served; a person serving an aggregate sentence for both registrable and non-registrable offences falls within the definition. The principle of legality is engaged by sex offender registration legislation because it abrogates fundamental rights including the right not to report to police, the right to privacy, and the right to work, but the legislation clearly and unmistakably manifests the intention to abrogate those rights. The Charter does not apply retrospectively to alter the construction of provisions as they applied to offenders before its commencement (per Warren CJ and Hansen JA), though Bell AJA held s 32(1) does apply to establish the legal character of present and future status.
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