R v Nd

[2014] NTSC 11

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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For Australian Law.

1. Criminal Law
2. › Gross indecency involving child under 16 years
3. › child under the age of 10 years
4. › youth offender
5. › required to comply with reporting obligations under s 13(2) of Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act
6. › underwent psychological treatment
7. › risk of similar re-offending remained significant
8. › satisfied that offender posed a risk to the sexual safety of children in any community where he might reside, and children generally
1. Criminal Law
2. › Standard of proof
3. › inappropriate to attach a standard of satisfaction to the decision that a person poses a risk of the kind referred to in s 13(3) of Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act
1. Criminal Law
2. › Standard of proof
3. › facts upon which court’s satisfaction for the purposes of a decision under s 13(3) of Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act depends
4. › order is protective and preventative
5. › civil standard, balance of probabilities apply
1. Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act (NT) s 11(1)(a), s 12(1)(a), s 13(1), s 13(2), s 13(3), s 13(4), s 14(5), s 14(6), s 16(1), s 37(2)(a), s38(6), s 72(1)