New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 282

282 Administration of Victims Register

(1) Subject to the regulations, the Victims Register must be kept by a government agency as directed by the Minister.

(2) Members of staff of the government agency that keeps the Victims Register may assist--

(a) the Review Council and the Parole Authority to give notices to victims under this Part or section 67 or 145, and

(b) the Parole Authority to give a victim of a serious offender or a victim's authorised agent access to documents specified by the Parole Authority for the purposes of section 193A, and

(c) the Review Council and the Parole Authority to carry out other ancillary functions relating to the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).

(3) The Review Council or the Parole Authority may delegate to members of staff of the government agency that keeps the Victims Register the functions of the Review Council or the Parole Authority specified in subsection (2), but only in relation to the victim of an adult offender, whether or not the offender committed the relevant offence as an adult.