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COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 26

26 .         Initial report by reportable offender of personal details

        (1)         The details the reportable offender must report are —

            (a)         his or her name, together with any other name by which he or she is, or has previously been, known; and

            (b)         in respect of each name other than his or her current name, the period during which he or she was known by that other name; and

            (c)         his or her date of birth; and

            (daa)         details of any passport that he or she holds, including its number and expiry date and the name of the country that issued it; and

            (d)         the address of each of the premises at which he or she generally resides or, if he or she does not generally reside at any particular premises, the name of each of the localities in which he or she can generally be found; and

            (da)         any telephone number that he or she has or that he or she regularly uses; and

            (db)         any email address that he or she has or that he or she regularly uses; and

            (dc)         the name of any Internet service provider whose Internet carriage service —

                  (i)         he or she is supplied with; or

                  (ii)         he or she regularly uses;

                and

            (dd)         any name (other than a name reported under paragraph (a)) that he or she uses, or by which he or she is known, when using the internet for the purposes of communication; and

            (de)         any —

                  (i)         website; or

                  (ii)         communication service provided by means of the internet,

                in connection with which he or she uses a name referred to in paragraph (a) or (dd) or an email address referred to in paragraph (db); and

            (df)         any user name, code, password or other information that he or she uses to gain access to —

                  (i)         the internet generally or a particular website, other than a website operated by an authorised deposit-taking institution, as defined in the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth), or a website approved by the Commissioner under subsection (1b); or

                  (ii)         an email address referred to in paragraph (db) or a communication service referred to in paragraph (de);

                and

            (e)         the names and ages of any children who generally reside in the same household as that in which he or she generally resides, or with whom he or she has regular unsupervised contact; and

            (fa)         the address of each of the premises at which —

                  (i)         he or she is regularly present; and

                  (ii)         any children generally reside;

                and

            (f)         if he or she is employed —

                  (i)         the nature of his or her employment; and

                  (ii)         the name of his or her employer (if any); and

                  (iii)         the address of each of the premises at which he or she is generally employed or, if he or she is not generally employed at any particular premises, the name of each of the localities in which he or she is generally employed;

                and

            (g)         details of his or her affiliation with any club or organisation that has members who are children or that conducts activities in which children participate; and

            (h)         the make, model, colour and registration number of any motor vehicle owned by, or generally driven by, him or her; and

                  (i)         details of any tattoos or permanent distinguishing marks that he or she has (including details of any tattoo or mark that has been removed); and

            (j)         whether he or she has ever been found guilty in any foreign jurisdiction of a reportable offence or of an offence that required him or her to report to a corresponding registrar or been subject to a corresponding offender reporting order or a corresponding protection order recognised under section 108 and, if so, where that finding occurred or that order was made; and

            (k)         if he or she has been in government custody since he or she was sentenced or released from government custody (as the case may be) in respect of a reportable offence or corresponding reportable offence — details of when and where that government custody occurred; and

            (l)         if, at the time of making a report under this Division, he or she leaves, or intends to leave, Western Australia to travel elsewhere in Australia on an average of at least once a month (irrespective of the length of any such absence) —

                  (i)         in general terms, the reason for travelling; and

                  (ii)         in general terms, the frequency and destinations of the travel.

        (1a)         In subsection (1)(dc) —

        Internet carriage service and Internet service provider have the same meanings as they have in Schedule 5 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

        (1b)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(df)(i), the Commissioner may, at the written request of a reportable offender, approve a website used by the offender if the Commissioner is satisfied that the website is used by the offender only for lawful purposes in connection with recording financial information or making financial transactions.

        (2)         For the purposes of this section —

            (a)         a reportable offender does not generally reside at any particular premises unless he or she resides at those premises for at least 7 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months; and

            (b)         a child does not generally reside in the same household as a reportable offender unless they reside together in that household for at least 3 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months; and

            (c)         a reportable offender does not have regular unsupervised contact with a child unless he or she has unsupervised contact with the child for at least 3 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months; and

            (da)         a reportable offender is not regularly present at any premises unless he or she is present at those premises for at least 7 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months; and

            (db)         a child does not generally reside at any premises unless he or she resides at those premises for at least 3 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months; and

            (d)         a reportable offender is not generally employed at any particular premises unless he or she is employed at those premises for at least 7 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months; and

            (e)         a reportable offender does not generally drive a particular motor vehicle unless the person drives that vehicle for at least 7 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months.

        (3)         For the purposes of this section, a person is taken to be employed if he or she —

            (a)         carries out work under a contract of employment; or

            (b)         carries out work as a self-employed person or as a subcontractor; or

            (c)         carries out work as a volunteer for an organisation; or

            (d)         undertakes practical training as part of an educational or vocational course; or

            (e)         carries out work as a minister of religion or in any other capacity for the purposes of a religious organisation.

        (4)         For the purposes of this section, a person is taken to be an employer of a reportable offender if the person —

            (a)         arranges, in the course of business, for the reportable offender to be employed by another person; or

            (b)         engages the reportable offender under contract to carry out work.

        [Section 26 amended: No. 27 of 2008 s. 4; No. 54 of 2012 s. 13 and 42(2).]



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