Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) The purpose of this Act is to—
(a) require certain offenders who commit sexual offences to keep police informed of their whereabouts and other personal details for a period of time—
(i) to reduce the likelihood that they will reoffend; and
(ii) to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of future offences that they may commit; and
(b) prevent registrable offenders working in child-related employment; and
(c) prohibit registrable offenders from engaging in conduct that poses a risk to the lives or sexual safety of children.
(2) In outline, this Act—
(a) provides for the establishment of a child sex offenders register; and
(b) requires certain offenders who are sentenced for registrable offences to report particular personal details for inclusion in the child sex offenders register; and
(c) allows the sentencing court to order young offenders to comply with the reporting obligations of the Act; and
(d) requires the offenders to keep their details up to date, to report their details annually and to also report certain travel details; and
(e) imposes the reporting obligations for a period of between 4 years and life, depending on the number, severity and timing of the offences committed, and the age of the offender when an offence was committed; and
(f) allows for the recognition of the period of reporting obligations imposed under laws of foreign jurisdictions; and
(g) makes it an offence for registrable offenders to work in child-related employment; and
(h) allows the chief police officer to apply to the Magistrates Court for orders prohibiting registrable offenders from engaging in conduct that poses a risk to the lives or sexual safety of children.
Note The Ombudsman Act 1989
authorises the ombudsman to monitor compliance with this Act, pt 3.11 (Entry and search warrants) and ch 4 (Child sex offenders register).