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SERIOUS OFFENDERS ACT 2018 (NO. 27 OF 2018) - SECT 260

Approval by Authority

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may only approve a change of name application if the Authority is satisfied that the change of name is in all the circumstances necessary or reasonable.

    (2)     The Authority must not approve a change of name application if the Authority 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 be used to evade or hinder supervision of the offender during the period of the supervision order or interim supervision order.



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