South Australian Numbered Acts

COMMUNITY BASED SENTENCES (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 2015 (NO 45 OF 2015) - SECT 22

22—Dispute about accuracy of information in interstate register

        (1)         If—

            (a)         a community based sentence that was a local sentence is registered in an interstate jurisdiction; and

            (b)         the offender claims, in writing, to the interstate authority for the interstate jurisdiction that the information recorded about the sentence or the offender in the register kept under the corresponding law of the interstate jurisdiction (the "interstate register") is not, or is no longer, accurate, and states in the claim how the information is inaccurate,

the interstate authority may send the local authority a copy of the claim and an extract from the interstate register containing the information that the offender claims is inaccurate.

        (2)         On receipt of a claim and extract under subsection (1)

, the local authority must check whether the information in the extract is accurate, having regard to the offender’s claims, and—

            (a)         if satisfied that the information is accurate—inform the interstate authority that the information is accurate; or

            (b)         if satisfied that the information is inaccurate—provide to the interstate authority the correct information.