Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 (NO. 30 OF 2005) - SECT 45

    (1)     A registrable offender commits an offence if—

        (a)     the offender is outside the ACT; and

        (b)     the offender decides to stay outside the ACT but within Australia for 7 or more days; and

        (c)     the offender does not take all reasonable steps to report the offender's travel details (including details about the travel that has already been completed) to the chief police officer, in a way required under subsection (2), within 7 days after the day the decision is made; and

        (d)     the offender's reporting period has not ended before the end of the period within which the report must be given.

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

Note     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)     The registrable offender must make the report in 1 of the following ways:

        (a)     by sending it by prepaid post, addressed as required by regulation;

        (b)     by faxing it to a fax number prescribed by regulation;

        (c)     by emailing to an email address prescribed by regulation;

        (d)     in another way prescribed by regulation.

    (3)     In this section:

"travel details", for travel by a registrable offender—see section 42 (c).