(1) A reportable
offender must be given written notice of —
(a) his
or her reporting obligations; and
(b) the
consequences that may arise if he or she fails to comply with those
obligations.
(2) A reportable
offender must be given a notice under this section as soon as is practicable
after he or she —
(a) is
sentenced for a reportable offence; or
(b) is
released from government custody (whether in government custody for a
reportable offence or otherwise); or
(c)
enters Western Australia, if he or she has not previously been given notice of
his or her reporting obligations in Western Australia; or
(d)
becomes a corresponding reportable offender, if he or she is in Western
Australia at that time.
(3) Subsection (2)(b)
is taken to have been complied with if the reportable offender is given the
notice within 7 days before his or her release from government custody.
(4) A notice under
this section must be given by the person, or a person who falls within a class
of persons, specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations.
(5) A person is not
required to give a notice under this section if the notice has been given by
another person.
(6) Despite anything
in this Division, the regulations may provide that a notice given under this
section is not required to specify the reportable offender’s reporting
period if the regulations require a notice containing that information to be
given at the time the reportable offender first reports his or her personal
details to the Commissioner.