Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 82

82 Declaration and other provision about effect of previous sentence for a new class 1 or class 2 offence

(1) This section applies to a person who—

(a) before the commencement, was sentenced for an offence that is a new class 1 or 2 offence; but

(b) immediately before the commencement, was not a reportable offender.

(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, subject to section 5, the person is a reportable offender.

(3) However, a reporting obligation does not apply to the person unless the police commissioner has given the person a notice under section 59.

(4) In this section—

"commencement" means the commencement of this section.

"new class 1 or 2 offence" means an offence that—

(a) before the commencement, was not a class 1 or 2 offence; but

(b) on the commencement, is a class 1 or 2 offence.