Magistrate may make reporting order on application from Commissioner
9 Magistrate may make reporting order on application from Commissioner
In relation to an application under section 8, the magistrate may make an order that a person comply with the reporting obligations under this Act if the magistrate is satisfied that the person poses a risk of committing a reportable offence in the future.
For the purposes of subsection (1), it is not necessary that the magistrate be able to identify a risk of offending against a particular person or particular persons or a particular class of persons.
For the purposes of Division 5 of Part 3, a person subject to an order made under this section is taken to have been sentenced for a Class 2 offence.
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