Order requiring registration of offender
6 Order requiring registration of offender
The court is to make an order directing that – the Registrar cause the name of a person whom the court sentences for a reportable offence to be placed on the Register; and the person comply with the reporting obligations under this Act – unless the court is satisfied that the person does not pose a risk of committing a reportable offence in the future.
The court is to make the order at the time the person is sentenced for the reportable offence.
For the purposes of subsection (1), it is not necessary that the court be able to identify a risk of offending against a particular person or particular persons or a particular class of persons.
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