Criminal Code Act 1983

(1) At the time the court is considering whether to make, vary or revoke a supervision order in respect of an accused person or a supervised person, or whether to determine to release a supervised person from a supervision order, the victim of the offence concerned or the next of kin of the victim (who may be a deceased victim) may prepare and submit a report to the court setting out the views of the victim or next of kin concerning one or more of the following:

(b) the impact of the accused person's or supervised person's conduct on the victim or the next of kin or any other member of the victim's family;

(c) if the court is considering whether to release a supervised person from a supervision order – the impact the supervised person's conduct could have on the victim or next of kin or any other members of the victim's family if the supervised person is released.

(2) The court must receive all reports made to it under subsection (1).

(3) The court may, on its own initiative if it considers it will assist in determining whether to make, vary or revoke a supervision order in respect of an accused person or a supervised person, or whether to release a supervised person from a supervision order, request one or more of the following reports:

(a) a report setting out the views of the next of kin of the accused person or supervised person and the impact of the accused person's or supervised person's conduct on the next of kin or other members of the accused person's or supervised person's family;

(b) if the accused person or supervised person is a member of an Aboriginal community – a report setting out the views of the members of the Aboriginal community.

(4) The court must consider all reports made to it under this section.