Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies in relation to a civil proceeding under this Act.
(2) If it is relevant, any of the following is admissible as evidence in relation to a matter mentioned in section 6 (2), 2014_Acts063.html#_Ref341191037">9 or 2014_Acts063.html#_Ref341191947">14 :
(a) a medical, psychiatric or psychological report about the affected person;
(b) evidence of the affected person's criminal history in the Territory or elsewhere;
(c) evidence of the extent to which the affected person has complied with any of the following that apply, or have previously applied, to the affected person:
(i) a supervision order;
(ii) the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act ;
(iii) an order under Part 3, 4 or 5 of the Sentencing Act ;
(iv) a domestic violence order under the Domestic and Family Violence Act ;
(v) a parole order;
(vi) conditions imposed on a grant of bail under the Bail Act ;
(d) evidence of whether the affected person has made efforts to address causes of his or her offending behaviour and, if so, the effectiveness of those efforts;
(e) a transcript of any proceeding against the affected person for a serious sex offence;
(f) the reasons for decision or sentencing remarks of the sentencing court when the affected person was sentenced for a serious sex offence;
(g) statistical information as to the likelihood of persons with histories and characteristics similar to those of the affected person committing serious sex offences.
(3) This section does not:
(a) require a party to a proceeding to tender evidence mentioned in subsection (2); or
(b) prevent a party to a proceeding from tendering any other evidence.
(4) In this section:
affected person means:
(a) in a proceeding under Part 3 – the person in relation to whom the continuing detention order or supervision order is sought; or
(b) otherwise – the detainee or supervisee.
Notes for section 97
1 Sections 82 and 2014_Acts063.html#_Ref345498352">85 require the Attorney-General to tender in evidence medical reports prepared under medical assessment orders and victim submissions.
2 In a criminal proceeding for an offence against this Act, the ordinary rules of evidence applicable in criminal proceedings will apply.