All applications for detention orders, supervision orders, interim orders, renewals, extensions, and reviews made under the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 but not determined before 3 September 2018 must be determined under the Serious Offenders Act 2018, including its expanded statutory criteria covering both serious sex offences and serious violence offences. The 2009 Act continues to apply only to preserve the validity of applications and procedural steps taken before commencement. Where the DPP relies on the risk of serious violence offending, the offender must be given notice and an opportunity to respond.
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