Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2017 (Qld)

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2017.

2   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2015.

3   Amendment of s 1 (Short title)

Section 1, ‘Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2015’—
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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Regulation 2015

4   Amendment of s 5 (Change of travel plans while out of Queensland to be given—Act, s 21(3))

Section 5(2)—
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(2)For section 21(3)(b) of the Act, the reportable offender may also make the report—

(a)by mail; or

(b)by telephone to a telephone number approved by the police commissioner; or

(c)by an approved electronic reporting method.

(3)In this section—

approved electronic reporting method means a method of reporting using an electronic system approved by the police commissioner.

Example of method using an electronic system—

online through a secure website administered by the Queensland Police Service

5   Replacement of s 14 (Notice to be given to reportable offender—Act, s 54(7))

Section 14—
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14   Notice to be given to reportable offender—Act, s 54

(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 54(7) of the Act.

(2)The police commissioner must give the offender a notice that includes the offender’s reporting period when a reportable offender reports the offender’s personal details to the police commissioner.

(3)However, subsection (2) does not apply if the police commissioner has previously given the offender a notice under subsection (2).

6   Amendment of s 20 (Transitional provision)

(1)Section 20—
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(3A)A reference in a document to the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2015 is taken, if the context permits, to be a reference to this regulation.

(2)Section 20(3A) and (4)—
renumber as section 20(4) and (5).