Legislative background to the Sex Offenders Register
The primary legislation placing notification obligations on convicted sex offenders is PART 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001 Obligations of Sex Offenders to Notify Certain Information
Section 6: “relevant date”.
Section 7: Persons subject to the requirements of Part 2.
Section 8: Period for which person is subject to requirements of Part 2 and related matters.
Section 9: Supply of information to facilitate compliance with Part 2
Section 10: Notification requirements.
Section 11: Discharge from obligation to comply with requirements of Part 2
Section 12: Offences in connection with notification requirements.
Section 13: Application of Part 2 to persons convicted outside State.
Section 14: Certificate as evidence of person's being subject to requirements of Part 2
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 (pdf)
Section 3, Sub-section 10: Defilement of children under the age of 17 years
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Related Documents
- Sex Offenders Register
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The supervision of sex offenders following release from prison is provided for by the Sex Offenders Act 2001. Find out more here.
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