Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 74A

74A Change of name of reportable offender

(1) This section applies if a reportable offender intends to change his or her name under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 or a law of a foreign jurisdiction (each the
"relevant law" ).

(2) The reportable offender must obtain the police commissioner’s written permission before changing, or applying to change, the offender’s name under the relevant law.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(3) In deciding whether to give the permission, the police commissioner must consider each of the following—

(a) the safety of the reportable offender and other persons;

(b) the reportable offender’s rehabilitation or care or treatment;

(c) whether the proposed name change could be used to further an unlawful activity or purpose;

(d) whether the proposed name change could be considered offensive to a victim of a crime or an immediate family member of a deceased victim of a crime.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if the police commissioner becomes aware that the reportable offender has failed to comply with subsection (2) in registering, under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 , a change of name.

(5) The police commissioner may apply to the registrar under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 for the cancellation of the registration.