Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 1994 - SECT 16I

    (1)     A relevant justice agency may tell a registered victim of an offender information about the offender if—

        (a)     the offender has been sentenced; and

        (b)     the victim asks the relevant justice agency for the information; and

        (c)     the relevant justice agency is satisfied the disclosure is appropriate in the circumstances.

Note     Under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, if an offender has been sentenced, information about the offender may be disclosed to a registered victim of the offender if the disclosure is appropriate in the circumstances (see that Act

, s 216 and s 216A).

    (2)     In this section:

"relevant justice agency" means either of the following justice agencies:

        (a)     the youth justice victims register unit;

        (b)     the adult offenders victims register unit.