Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 1994 - SECT 16N

    (1)     The affected person register unit must tell a victim who is an affected person because of an offence committed, or alleged to have been committed, by a forensic patient—

        (a)     about the affected person register; and

        (b)     the rights of a registered affected person; and

        (c)     if the victim is a registered affected person—

              (i)     when the victim's information will be removed from the register; and

              (ii)     if an order has been made in relation to the forensic patient—

    (A)     the information mentioned in the Mental Health Act 2015

, section 134 (2) in relation to the forensic patient; and

    (B)     any other information about the forensic patient that the affected person register unit considers necessary for the victim's safety and wellbeing; and

    (C)     whether the ACAT intends to hold a hearing in relation to the order.

    (2)     In this section:

"affected person"—see the Mental Health Act 2015

, section 128 (1).

"affected person register"—see the Mental Health Act 2015

, section 130.