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๐Ÿ“œ Dangerous Sexual Offenders Amendment Bill 2012

Assented toLABill 31017 October 2012

This Bill amends the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006 to allow for curfews and electronic monitoring of certain dangerous sexual offenders. It aims to enhance community safety by restricting the movement of offenders and enabling location monitoring.

Impact

Dangerous sexual offenders subject to supervision orders will be affected, as will community corrections officers responsible for implementing the new measures. The broader community may benefit from increased monitoring and restrictions on high-risk individuals.

Key Changes

["Allows for the imposition of curfews on dangerous sexual offenders.", "Enables electronic monitoring of dangerous sexual offenders.", "Introduces offences and penalties for interfering with electronic monitoring devices or hindering community corrections officers."]

Parliamentary Progress

  1. LA Second Reading MovedLA17 Oct 2012
  2. LA IntroducedLA17 Oct 2012
  3. LA Third ReadingLA25 Oct 2012
  4. LA Second Reading AgreedLA25 Oct 2012
  5. LC Second Reading MovedLC25 Oct 2012
  6. LA Consideration in DetailLA25 Oct 2012
  7. LC Third ReadingLC29 Nov 2012
  8. LC Second Reading AgreedLC29 Nov 2012
  9. Royal Assent11 Dec 2012
Affected Sectors
justicepublic_sector

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