Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 9A

9A Reportable contact defined

(1) A reportable offender has
"reportable contact" with a child if the offender—

(a) has physical contact with the child; or

(b) communicates with the child orally, whether in person, by telephone or over the internet; or

(c) communicates with the child in writing (including by electronic communication).

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , reportable contact includes contact with a child when the offender is—

(a) supervising or caring for any child; or

(b) exchanging contact details with any child; or

(c) attempting to befriend any child.

(3) Reportable contact does not include contact with a child that is incidental to the offender’s daily life unless the contact—

(a) involves an attempt by the offender to befriend, or establish further contact with, the child; or

(b) occurs with a regularity or frequency, or in a way, that may reasonably be expected to result in a level of familiarity or trust between the offender and the child beyond what may reasonably be expected to be incidental to the offender’s daily life.

Examples of contact with a child that is incidental to a reportable offender’s daily life—

• the offender buys a newspaper from a shop where the shop attendant is a child

• the offender buys takeaway food from a shop that has child employees

(4) In this section—

"contact" means contact that happens in Queensland or elsewhere.