The s 8 'reasonable grounds for believing' threshold under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), while lower than the s 13 standard, must be understood in the context of the statutory scheme directed at the ultimate finding of serious danger. Where psychiatric evidence establishes that the risk of violent sexual reoffending is in the low range, the respondent has complied with the supervision order for an extended period, and the Attorney-General's arguments about loss of support structures are unsupported by evidence or are attributable to the conditions of the existing order, the s 8 threshold is not met.
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