Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 75

    (1)     A police officer receiving a report made in person under this chapter may take, or may authorise someone else to take, the fingerprints of the registrable offender if the police officer—

        (a)     has examined all the material relating to identity provided or presented by, or for, the offender; but

        (b)     is not satisfied on reasonable grounds about the identity of the offender.

    (2)     A young person's fingerprints may only be taken in the presence of—

        (a)     a person with parental responsibility for the young person; or

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

    (3)     To remove any doubt, subsection (2) does not limit the people who may be present.

    (4)     This section does not apply to a young person who is under 16 years old.