Northern Territory Numbered Acts

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

    (1)     In deciding whether to make, confirm or revoke a continuing detention order in relation to a person, a court must have regard to the following:

    (a)     as the paramount consideration – the need to protect:

        (i)     victims of serious sex offences committed, or likely to be committed, by the person; and

        (ii)     the victims' families; and

        (iii)     members of the community generally;

    (b)     as a secondary consideration – the desirability of providing rehabilitation, care and treatment for the person.

    (2)     In considering the need for protection mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the court must have regard to the following:

    (a)     the likelihood of the person committing another serious sex offence;

    (b)     whether adequate protection could reasonably be provided by making a supervision order in relation to the person.