Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 11

    (1)     In this Act:

"prescribed corresponding offender" means—

        (a)     a person who—

              (i)     has been convicted of an offence, or is subject to an order corresponding, or substantially corresponding, to a non-conviction order under the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005

, in a foreign jurisdiction in relation to an offence; and

              (ii)     has been required, at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this Act), to report to the corresponding registrar of the foreign jurisdiction in relation to the offence; and

              (iii)     would, if the person were currently in the foreign jurisdiction, be required to report to the corresponding registrar of the jurisdiction in relation to the offence; or

        (b)     a person prescribed by regulation.

Note     Power to make a statutory instrument (including a regulation) includes power to make different provision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters (see Legislation Act

, s 48).

    (2)     However, a person is not a prescribed corresponding offender if the chief police officer decides the person should not be a prescribed corresponding offender under section 11A.