Northern Territory Numbered Acts

SERIOUS SEX OFFENDERS ACT 2013 (NO 9 OF 2013) - SECT 87

    (1)     The fact that a victim submission has not been received from a particular victim (or a registered person for the victim) does not, of itself, give rise to an inference:

    (a)     that the offender's offending had little or no impact on the victim or registered person; or

    (b)     that the victim or registered person has no interest in the outcome of the proceeding.

    (2)     The fact that no victim submissions have been received does not, of itself, give rise to an inference:

    (a)     that no person has suffered harm as a result of the offender's offending; or

    (b)     that the offender is not a serious danger to the community; or

    (c)     that the offender should not be subject to a continuing detention order or supervision order.