The Court granted a lifetime suspension of reporting obligations under s 40 of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004, being satisfied that the applicant posed a low risk to sexual safety and that suspension was in the public interest. Key factors included over 40 years since offending, sustained and self-funded psychological counselling demonstrating genuine rehabilitation, formal risk assessment scoring 'well below' average relative to other sex offenders, and the adverse impact of reporting obligations on the applicant's social participation. The Court confirmed that satisfaction of low risk carries significant weight in the public interest analysis but remains a separate requirement, and identified efficient allocation of police monitoring resources and encouragement of rehabilitative conduct by other registrable offenders as additional public interest considerations.
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