(1) A senior police officer may issue a notice in respect of an individual who is 18 years old or older if the senior police officer reasonably believes that—
(a) the individual has, on at least one occasion, associated with an individual convicted of an applicable offence tried on indictment (a convicted offender ); and
(b) the commission of an offence is likely to be prevented if those individuals are prevented from associating with each other.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a) an individual convicted of an applicable offence tried on indictment includes an individual convicted of such an offence on indictment before the commencement of section 5 of the Criminal Organisations Control Amendment (Unlawful Associations) Act 2015 ; and
(b) any association with a convicted offender by the individual on whom the notice will be served includes an association with the convicted offender before the commencement of that section.
(3) An unlawful association notice issued under subsection (1) must specify the convicted offender referred to in that subsection as an individual with whom the individual served the notice must not associate.
S. 124E inserted by No. 48/2015 s. 5.