Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 (Qld)

Queensland Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Subordinate Legislation 2014 No. 208 made under the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 PolicePowersandResponsibilitiesAct2000 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2004 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Omission of s 5 (Definition of New South Wales reportable offender—Act, s 8(1)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 6 (Persons required to report under corresponding Act—Act, s 17(2)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 8 (Police commissioner may direct report be made at stated police station—Act, s 25(1)(b)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Replacement of s 9 (Where report must be made—Act, s 25(3)) 4 9 Where report must be made—Act, s 25(3). . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 10 (How reports must be made—Act, s 26(2)) . 5 Amendment of s 15 (Notice to be given to reportable offender—Act, s 54(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 17 (Definition of corresponding Act) . . . . . . . . . 5

Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Contents 11 12 Part 3 13 14 Amendment of s 18 (Definition of corresponding offender reporting order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 19 (Definition of supervising authority) . . . . . . . Amendment of Police Powers and ResponsibilitiesRegulation 2012 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 3 (Prescribed Acts—Act, section 41(g)) . . . . 6 6 6 6 Page 2 2014 SL No. 208

Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1)2014 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 22 September 2014. Part 2 Amendment of Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2004 3 Regulation amended This part amends the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2004 . 4 Omission of s 5 (Definition of New South Wales reportable offender—Act, s 8(1)) Section 5— omit . 5 Amendment of s 6 (Persons required to report under corresponding Act—Act, s 17(2)) Section 6, ‘17(2)’— omit , insert — 16(2) 2014 SL No. 208 Page 3

Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1)2014 Part 2 Amendment of Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2004 [s 6] 6 Amendment of s 8 (Police commissioner may direct report be made at stated police station—Act, s 25(1)(b)) Section 8(2), ‘14’— omit , insert — 7 7 Replacement of s 9 (Where report must be made—Act, s 25(3)) Section 9— omit , insert — 9 Where report must be made—Act, s 25(3) (1) For section 25(3) of the Act, the following police stations, or class of police stations, are not to be used as a venue for the purposes of section 25 of the Act without the police commissioner’s approval— (a) for a reportable offender the subject of a current reporting station notice—a police station other than the police station stated in the current reporting station notice; or (b) otherwise—a police beat. (2) In this section— current reporting station notice , for a reportable offender, means either of the following in force at the time the reportable offender is required to make a report under part 4 of the Act— (a) a direction given to the offender by the police commissioner under section 25(1)(b) of the Act; (b) a notice given to the offender by the police commissioner under section 54 of the Actthat states a police station at which the report must be made. Page 4 2014 SL No. 208

Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1)2014 Part 2 Amendment of Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2004 [s 8] police beat means a neighbourhood police beat or a police beat shopfront listed on the Queensland Police Service’s website. Editor’s note — The Queensland Police Service’s website address is 8 Amendment of s 10 (How reports must be made—Act, s 26(2)) Section 10— insert — (e) by an approved electronic reporting method. (2) In this section— approved electronic reporting method means a method of reporting using an electronic system approved by the police commissioner. Examples of approved electronic reporting methods — automated kiosks or online through a secure website administered by the Queensland Police Service 9 Amendment of s 15 (Notice to be given to reportable offender—Act, s 54(6) Section 15, ‘54(6)’— omit , insert — 54(7) 10 Amendment of s 17 (Definition of corresponding Act ) Section 17, ‘3’— omit , insert — 5 2014 SL No. 208 Page 5

Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1)2014 Part 3 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012 [s 11] 11 Amendment of s 18 (Definition of corresponding offender reporting order ) Section 18, ‘3’— omit , insert — 5 12 Amendment of s 19 (Definition of supervising authority ) Section 19, ‘schedule 3’— omit , insert — schedule 5 Part 3 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012 13 Regulation amended This part amends the PolicePowersandResponsibilitiesRegulation 2012 . 14 Amendment of sch 3 (Prescribed Acts—Act, section 41(g)) Schedule 3— insert — Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 Page 6 2014 SL No. 208

Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 18 September 2014. 2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 19 September 2014. 3 The administering agency is the Queensland Police Service. © State of Queensland 2014 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 2014 SL No. 208 Page 7