Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 (NO. 30 OF 2005) - SECT 37

    (1)     A registrable offender commits an offence if—

        (a)     the offender does not take all reasonable steps to—

              (i)     report, each year, the offender's personal details, in person, to the chief police officer at an approved reporting place; and

              (ii)     if the offender has been in government custody since the offender last reported under this Act—also report to the chief police officer details of when and where the custody happened; and

        (b)     the offender does not take all reasonable steps to make a report for a year before the end of the month (the offender's reporting month ) in the year when the anniversary of the day the offender first reported under this Act or a corresponding law falls; and

        (c)     the offender's reporting period has not ended before the end of the offender's reporting month in the year.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

Example

J first reported his personal details to the chief police officer on 14 October 2005. This section requires J to make a further report of J's details on or before 31 October 2006, 31 October 2007 (and so on).

Note 1     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

Note 2     For the offender's personal details, see s 59.

Note 3     A registrable offender reports in person at a place only if the offender reports by personally attending at the place (see dict, def in person ). However, special provision has been made for young offenders and offenders with a disability (see s 65 and s 66).

Note 4     For approved reporting places, see s 64.

Note 5     In deciding whether a person took all reasonable steps to do something, a court must have regard to the person's age, any disability and whether the notice given to the person about the person's obligations was adequate to tell the person about the relevant obligation (see s 116).

    (2)     For subsection (1) (c), if a registrable offender's reporting period has ended, but the offender is then required to report again under division 3.2.2 (When registrable offender must make new initial report of personal details), the day when the offender first reported is taken to be the day when the offender first reported for the current reporting period.