Northern Territory Numbered Acts

SERIOUS SEX OFFENDERS ACT 2013 (NO 9 OF 2013) - SECT 115

After section 27

insert

27A     Change of name of serious sex offender

    (1)     This section applies if:

    (a)     a person makes an application under this Part to register a change of name; and

    (b)     the application is made in contravention of section 108 (1) of the Serious Sex Offenders Act .

    (2)     The Director of Correctional Services (appointed under section 6 of the Prisons (Correctional Services) Act ) may direct the Registrar:

    (a)     to refuse to register the change of name; or

    (b)     if the change of name has been registered – to register a further change of name to reverse the change.

    (3)     The Registrar must comply with a direction under subsection (2).