Victorian Numbered Acts

MAJOR CRIME (INVESTIGATIVE POWERS) ACT 2004 (NO 79 OF 2004) - SECT 101

After section 66 of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 insert —

        '66A.     Director to monitor compliance

The Director is to monitor compliance with this Part by the Chief Commissioner of Police and other persons authorised by the Chief Commissioner of Police to have access to the Register of Sex Offenders or any part of that Register.

        66B.     Director to be given reasonable assistance

The Chief Commissioner of Police must ensure that members of the police force and other persons authorised by him or her to have access to the Register of Sex Offenders or any part of that Register give the Director any assistance that the Director reasonably requires to enable the Director to perform the Director's functions under this Part.

        66C.     Powers in relation to monitoring

    (1)     An authorised officer may, after notifying the Chief Commissioner of Police of the intended entry—

        (a)     enter at any time premises occupied by the police force at which the Director reasonably believes there are documents that contain, or relate to, the Register of Sex Offenders or any part of that Register or that are relevant to the Director's functions under this Part; and

        (b)     inspect or copy any document found at any premises entered under paragraph (a); and

        (c)     do anything that it is necessary or convenient to do to enable an inspection to be carried out under this section.

    (2)     For the purposes of this section, an "authorised officer" is—

        (a)     the Director; or

        (b)     a member of staff of the Office of Police Integrity within the meaning of the Police Regulation Act 1958 who is authorised under sub-section (3); or

        (c)     a person who has taken an oath or made an affirmation under section 102D(3) of the Police Regulation Act 1958 and who is authorised under sub-section (3).

    (3)     The Director may authorise a member of staff of the Office of Police Integrity or a person who has taken an oath or made an affirmation under section 102D(3) of the Police Regulation Act 1958 to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under this section.

        66D.     Reports on monitoring compliance

    (1)     The Director may at any time give the Minister a written report on—

        (a)     the results of any inspections carried out under section 66C; and

        (b)     compliance with this Part in the period to which the report relates by the Chief Commissioner of Police and other persons authorised by the Chief Commissioner of Police to have access to the Register of Sex Offenders or any part of that Register.

    (2)     If requested by the Minister to do so, the Director must give the Minister a report under sub-section (1) as soon as practicable after receiving the request.

    (3)     The Director must give a copy of any report under sub-section (1) to the Chief Commissioner of Police.'.