Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered ActsA registrable offender commits an offence if—
(a) the offender is required to make a report under a reporting offence provision; and
(b) the offender when making the report, intends to travel outside the ACT, but within Australia, on an average of at least once a month (irrespective of the length of the absence); and
(c) the offender does not take all reasonable steps to report the frequency and destinations of the travel, in general terms, to the chief police officer in an approved way.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
Note 1 Reporting offence provision is defined in s 20.
Note 2 For approved ways of reporting, see s 63. Special provision is made for young offenders and offenders with a disability (see s 65 and s 66).
Note 3 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).