Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 23

23 Report of recurring absences from Queensland

(1) This section applies if a reportable offender leaves, or intends to leave, Queensland to travel elsewhere in Australia on an average of at least once a month (irrespective of the length of the absence).

(2) The reportable offender must make a report to the police commissioner stating—

(a) in general terms—

(i) the expected frequency of the offender’s travel; and

(ii) the offender’s travel destinations; and

(iii) the offender’s reasons for travelling to the destinations with the expected frequency; and

(b) whether the offender expects to travel with a child or have reportable contact with a child while travelling.

(3) The reportable offender must make the report within 7 days before, but not less than 24 hours before, the offender first travels.

Note—

The reportable offender is not required to make another report under this section unless the information that is required to be reported under subsection (2) changes, including, for example, the travel destination.

(4) The reportable offender must report any change in the information to the police commissioner—

(a) for a change in the information mentioned in subsection (2) (a) —

(i) if the change happens when the offender is out of Queensland—within 48 hours after the offender returns to Queensland; or

(ii) otherwise—within 7 days after the change happens; or

(b) for a change relating to travel with a child or reportable contact the offender has had, or expects to have, with a child—within 24 hours after the change happens.