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CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 (NO. 30 OF 2005) - SECT 116

How court decides if person took all reasonable steps to comply with reporting obligations

    (1)     In deciding whether a person took all reasonable steps to comply with a reporting obligation imposed on a person by a reporting offence, the court hearing the proceeding must have regard to—

        (a)     the person's age; and

        (b)     whether the person has a disability that affects the person's ability to understand, or to comply with, the obligation; and

        (c)     whether the form of notice given to the person about the person's obligations under this Act was adequate to tell the person about the obligation, having regard to the person's circumstances.

    (2)     Subsection (2) does not limit the matters to which the court may have regard.



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