Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Part —
HRO supervision order means a supervision order
under the High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 ;
locality , of a person, means a description of the
general locality, such as the town or suburb, in which the person resides;
publish , except in section 85M, means make
available for inspection by members of the public on a website maintained by
the Commissioner;
serious sexual offence means —
(a) an
offence specified in the High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 Schedule 1,
other than an offence under —
(i)
the Bush Fires Act 1954 section 32; or
(ii)
the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 59; or
(iia)
the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 section 75B(1), 75B(2), 75BA(1) or
75BA(2); or
(iii)
The Criminal Code section 279, 280, 281, 283, 294, 297,
304(2), 332, 333, 338E, 343 392, 393, 444 or 445A;
or
(b) an
offence under a written law that has been repealed, if the offender’s
acts or omissions that constituted the offence under the repealed provision
would constitute a serious sexual offence under paragraph (a); or
(c) an
offence of conspiracy, attempt or incitement to commit an offence that is a
serious sexual offence under paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) an
offence against the law of the Commonwealth or of any place outside Western
Australia, if the offender’s acts or omissions that constituted the
offence under that law would constitute a serious sexual offence under
paragraph (a) or (c); or
(e) an
offence against the law of the Commonwealth if —
(i)
the offence is of a sexual nature; and
(ii)
the penalty for the offence specified by the law of the
Commonwealth is or includes imprisonment for 7 years or more; and
(iii)
the offence is prescribed to be a serious sexual offence.
[Section 85A inserted: No. 1 of 2012 s. 5;
amended: No. 29 of 2020 s. 93; No. 31 of 2023 s. 29; No. 10 of 2023 s. 288.]