Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) The chief executive must maintain a register of victims of offenders.
(2) The chief executive must enter in the register information about a victim of an offender that the victim, or someone acting for the victim, asks the chief executive to enter in the register.
(3) As soon as practicable after entering the victim's information in the register, the chief executive must give the victim information, orally or in writing, about the following:
(a) the role of the board;
(b) the rights of registered victims under section 216 to information about offenders who are sentenced;
(c) the role of victims under chapter 7 (Parole) and part 13.1 (Release on licence) in relation to the release of an offender from imprisonment under a parole order or licence.
(4) If the victim is a child under 15 years old, the chief executive may give the information to a person who has parental responsibility for the victim under the Children and Young People Act 1999 , section 18.
(5) Subsection (4) does not limit the cases in which the chief executive may give information to a person acting for a victim.