The Court dismissed the Crown's application for a Registrable Person Order under s 3C(1)(b) of the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000, holding that the Crown had not established the juvenile offender posed a risk to the lives or sexual safety of children. The decisive factors were the established low risk of reoffending, excellent rehabilitation prospects, the low objective seriousness of the offences, and the policy of promoting rehabilitation for young offenders rather than burdening them with reporting obligations. The Court also expressed the view, in obiter, that s 3J of the Act does not require the judge to complete RPO forms in open court, and that the Crown as the party seeking the order should prepare the completed documentation.
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