Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025 (ACT)

Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025

A2025-4

An Act to amend the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences 3 months after its notification day.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   This Act amends the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005.

4. Review date

   A legislative review is to be presented by the ACT Attorney‑General that ensures relevant stakeholders are adequately consulted and also the potential expansion of ‘child-related employment’ to other legal professionals and other professions. This is to be tabled by the last sitting day of 2025.

5. What is child-related employment?
   New section 124 (1) (sa)

   insert

   (sa)legal services related to a child, provided by Legal Aid ACT;

   Examples

   1providing advice to a child

   2representing a child in a legal matter

   3representing a person in a proceeding where a child is a witness

6. Section 124 (2), new definition of Legal Aid ACT

   insert

   Legal Aid ACT—see the Legal Aid Act 1977, section 94 (Commission to operate as Legal Aid ACT).

Endnotes

1. Presentation speech

   Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 6 February 2025.

2. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 14 March 2025.

3. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see certify that the above is a true copy of the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 6 March 2025.

   Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

   © Australian Capital Territory 2025