Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 (NO. 30 OF 2005) - SECT 70

A registrable offender commits an offence if—

        (a)     the offender is required to make a report in person under a reporting offence provision; and

        (b)     the offender makes the report in person, or accompanies someone else who makes the report in person for the offender; and

        (c)     the offender or other person does not take all reasonable steps to—

              (i)     present for inspection the offender's Australian driver licence (if any) or another form of identification, or other document, prescribed by regulation to verify or support details in the report; and

              (ii)     provide a photograph of the offender's head and face of a kind suitable for use in an Australian passport.

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).