Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 70

    (1)     A registrable offender commits an offence if—

        (a)     the offender is required to make a report in person under a reporting obligation provision; and

        (b)     the offender makes the report in person, or accompanies someone else who makes the report in person for the offender; and

        (c)     the offender or other person does not take all reasonable steps to—

              (i)     present for inspection the offender's Australian driver licence (if any) or another form of identification, or other document, prescribed by regulation to verify or support details in the report; and

              (ii)     provide a photograph of the offender's head and face of a kind suitable for use in an Australian passport.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (2)     In deciding whether a registrable offender took all reasonable steps to comply with subsection (1) (c), the court must have regard to the following:

        (a)     the offender's age;

        (b)     whether the offender had, at the time of failing to comply with subsection (1) (c), a disability that affected the offender's ability to understand, or to comply with, that subsection;

        (c)     whether the form of notice given to the offender about the offender's obligation under subsection (1) (c) was adequate to tell the offender about the obligation, having regard to the offender's circumstances;

        (d)     any other matter the court considers appropriate.