Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 65

    (1)     A registrable offender is taken to have made a report in person if—

        (a)     the offender is a young person; and

        (b)     1 of the following people makes the report, in person, for the offender:

              (i)     a person with parental responsibility for the offender; or

              (ii)     if a person with parental responsibility for the offender is unavailable, or is unacceptable to the offender—someone else (other than a police officer) who can represent the interests of the offender and who is, as far as is practicable in the circumstances, acceptable to the offender; and

        (c)     the offender accompanies the person when the person makes the report.

    (2)     A registrable offender is taken to have made a report in another way if—

        (a)     the offender is a young person; and

        (b)     1 of the following people makes the report in that way for the offender:

              (i)     a person with parental responsibility for the offender; or

              (ii)     if a person with parental responsibility for the offender is unavailable, or is unacceptable to the offender—someone else (other than a police officer) who can represent the interests of the offender and who is, as far as is practicable in the circumstances, acceptable to the offender.