Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Commissioner of Police may only approve a change of name application if the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the change of name is in all the circumstances necessary or reasonable.
(2) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not approve a change of name application if the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the change of name would, if registered, be reasonably likely—
(a) to be regarded as offensive by a victim of crime or an appreciable sector of the community; or
(b) to frustrate the administration of this Act in respect of the registrable offender.
S. 70E inserted by No. 52/2007 s. 20.