{"id":"BILL-QLD-3263","name":"Community Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025","slug":"community-protection-and-public-child-sex-offender-register-daniel-s-law-bill-2025","collection":"bill","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":"2025-01-01","administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":446085,"registerId":"BILL-QLD-3263:current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2025-01-01","status":"in_force","reasons":null,"registeredAt":"2026-05-06T12:45:12.854Z"},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0001","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 1","content":"# Community Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\n\nQueensland\nCommunity Protection and\nPublic Child Sex Offender\nRegister (Daniel’s Law) Bill\n2025\n\nQueensland\nCommunity Protection and Public Child\nSex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill\n2025\nContents\nPage\n1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n4 Amendment of s 3 (Purposes of this Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n5 Amendment of s 13A (Application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n6 Amendment of s 69 (Access to the register to be restricted) . . . 5\n7 Amendment of s 70 (Confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5\n8 Insertion of new pt 5AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5\nPart 5AA Daniel’s Law—Publication and disclosure of\ninformation about child sex offenders\nDivision 1 Preliminary\n74AA Definition for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n74AB Meaning of personal details of reportable offenders . 6\n74AC Police commissioner not required to disclose, provide or\npublish information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\n74AD Interaction with other provisions and laws relating to\ndisclosure of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\n74AE Restriction on information about particular reportable\noffenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\nDivision 2 Police commissioner may disclose, provide or publish\ninformation relating to reportable offenders\n74AF Police commissioner may publish personal details of\nparticular reportable offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8\n74AG Police commissioner may provide photographs of particular\nreportable offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9\n74AH Police commissioner may have regard to particular matters\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11\n\nContents\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 2\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n74AI Police commissioner may disclose whether specified person\nis a reportable offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12\nDivision 3 Offences\n74AJ Intimidation or harassment of identified offenders . . . 13\n74AK Display, distribution or publication of identifying information\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15\nDivision 4 Other matters\n74AL Protection from liability under part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16\n74AM Relevant decisions are final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16\n74AN Override declaration for particular provisions . . . . . . 17\n9 Replacement of s 74C (Review of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17\n74C Review of provisions under part 5AA—Daniel’s Law 17\n10 Insertion of new pt 7, div 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18\nDivision 8 Transitional provision for Community Protection and\nPublic Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Act\n2025\n104 Application of particular provisions under part 5AA—Daniel’s\nLaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18\n11 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18\n\n2025\nA Bill\nfor\nAn Act to amend the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and\nOffender Prohibition Order) Act 2004 for particular purposes\n\n[s 1]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 4\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nThe Parliament of Queensland enacts—\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Community Protection and\nPublic Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Act 2025.\n2 Commencement\nThis Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.\n3 Act amended\nThis Act amends the Child Protection (Offender Reporting\nand Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004.\n4 Amendment of s 3 (Purposes of this Act)\n(1) Section 3(1A)—\ninsert—\n(c) to protect the community by facilitating the\nrelease of information relating to particular\noffenders in particular circumstances to the\npublic.\n(2) Section 3(2)—\ninsert—\n(g) allows for the disclosure or publication of\ninformation relating to particular reportable\noffenders in particular circumstances\nthrough the operation of a public child sex\noffender register.\n5 Amendment of s 13A (Application)\nSection 13A(3)—\n1\nClause 2\n3\n4\nClause 5\n6\nClause 7\n8\n9\nClause 10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\nClause 24\n25\n\n[s 6]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 5\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nomit.\n6 Amendment of s 69 (Access to the register to be\nrestricted)\n(1) Section 69(1)(b), after ‘disclosed’—\ninsert—\nor published\n(2) Section 69(2)—\nomit, insert—\n(2) The police commissioner must develop\nguidelines about the access to, and disclosure or\npublication of, personal information in the\nregister that attempt to ensure that access to the\npersonal information in the register is restricted in\na way that does not interfere with the purposes of\nthis Act.\n7 Amendment of s 70 (Confidentiality)\n(1) Section 70(1), after ‘disclose’—\ninsert—\nor publish\n(2) Section 70(1), after paragraph (a)—\ninsert—\n(aa) is involved in the administration of part\n5AA and discloses or publishes the\ninformation under that part; or\n(3) Section 70(1)(aa) and (b)—\nrenumber as section 70(1)(b) and (c).\n8 Insertion of new pt 5AA\nAfter part 5—\n1\nClause 2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\nClause 16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\nClause 27\n28\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 6\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\ninsert—\nPart 5AA Daniel’s\nLaw—Publication and\ndisclosure of\ninformation about child\nsex offenders\nDivision 1 Preliminary\n74AA Definition for part\nIn this part—\npersonal details, of a reportable offender, see\nsection 74AB.\n74AB Meaning of personal details of reportable\noffenders\n(1) For this part, the personal details of a reportable\noffender are the details mentioned in schedule 2,\nitems 1, 2, 3 and 9 for the offender.\n(2) Also, the personal details of a reportable offender\ninclude—\n(a) a photograph or digital image of the\noffender; and\n(b) a description of—\n(i) the general locality of any premises\nwhere the offender resides; or\n(ii) if the offender does not generally\nreside at particular premises—each\nlocality where the offender can\ngenerally be found.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 7\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n74AC Police commissioner not required to\ndisclose, provide or publish information\nNothing in this part requires the police\ncommissioner to disclose, provide or publish\ninformation about any reportable offender or\nother person.\n74AD Interaction with other provisions and laws\nrelating to disclosure of information\nThis part does not limit a power or obligation\nunder this Act, or another Act or law, to disclose\ninformation relating to a reportable offender.\n74AE Restriction on information about particular\nreportable offenders\nNothing in this part authorises the police\ncommissioner to disclose, provide or publish\ninformation about any of the following reportable\noffenders—\n(a) a reportable offender who is a child;\n(b) a reportable offender who committed a\nreportable offence as a child but as an adult\nhas not—\n(i) committed a reportable offence; or\n(ii) been subject to an offender reporting\norder for an offence committed as an\nadult; or\n(iii) been subject to an offender prohibition\norder for concerning conduct engaged\nin as an adult; or\n(iv) been subject to a division 3 order under\nthe Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual\nOffenders) Act 2003;\n(c) a reportable offender to whom part 4,\ndivision 9 applies;\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 8\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n(d) a reportable offender who is subject to an\norder of a court that prohibits—\n(i) the identification of the offender; or\n(ii) the disclosure or publication of the\noffender’s whereabouts or other\npersonal details.\nDivision 2 Police commissioner may\ndisclose, provide or\npublish information\nrelating to reportable\noffenders\n74AF Police commissioner may publish personal\ndetails of particular reportable offenders\n(1) The police commissioner may publish any or all\nof the personal details of a reportable offender\nif—\n(a) the police commissioner is satisfied that—\n(i) the reportable offender has failed to\ncomply with any of the offender’s\nreporting obligations; or\n(ii) the reportable offender is subject to a\nrelevant supervision order and has\nfailed to comply with a requirement of\nthe order; and\n(b) the reportable offender’s whereabouts are\nnot known to the police commissioner.\n(2) The police commissioner may at any time remove\nany or all of the personal details of a reportable\noffender from the website on which they are\npublished under subsection (1).\n(3) Subsection (4) applies if—\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 9\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n(a) the police commissioner has published any\npersonal details of a reportable offender\nunder subsection (1); and\n(b) after the reportable offender’s details are\npublished, the police commissioner\nbecomes aware of the offender’s\nwhereabouts.\n(4) The police commissioner must, as soon as is\npracticable, remove all of the personal details of\nthe reportable offender from the website on which\nthe details are published.\n(5) In this section—\npublish means make available for inspection by\nmembers of the public on a website maintained by\nthe police commissioner.\nrelevant supervision order means a supervision\norder or an interim supervision order under the\nDangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act\n2003.\n74AG Police commissioner may provide\nphotographs of particular reportable offenders\n(1) A person, other than a reportable offender, may\nask the police commissioner to provide to the\nperson a photograph of each reportable offender\nwho resides in the locality of the person.\n(2) The request must be—\n(a) made in a way approved by the police\ncommissioner; and\n(b) accompanied by any documents or\ninformation as required by the police\ncommissioner.\n(3) Subject to this section, the police commissioner\nmay decide to provide to the person the\nphotograph of a reportable offender who resides\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n34\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 10\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nin the locality of the person if—\n(a) the offender is required to comply with\nreporting obligations for a period under\nsection 37(2), 38(3) or 39(1); or\n(b) the offender is required to comply with\nreporting obligations imposed on the\noffender under part 4 for the remainder of\nthe offender’s life; or\n(c) the offender is subject to a supervision order\nunder the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual\nOffenders) Act 2003; or\n(d) the offender is deemed to be a serious risk\noffender under subsection (5).\n(4) The police commissioner must, before a\nphotograph of a reportable offender mentioned in\nsubsection (3)(c) is provided for the first time—\n(a) give the chief executive (corrective services)\nnotice; and\n(b) consider any submission made by the chief\nexecutive (corrective services).\n(5) If the police commissioner considers at any time\nthat a reportable offender poses a serious risk to\nthe lives or sexual safety of 1 or more children or\nof children generally, the police commissioner\nmay deem the offender to be a serious risk\noffender.\n(6) A reportable offender deemed to be a serious risk\noffender under subsection (5), is a serious risk\noffender until earlier of the following—\n(a) the police commissioner deems the offender\nis not a serious risk offender;\n(b) the offender stops being a reportable\noffender.\n(7) The police commissioner must not delegate—\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n34\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 11\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n(a) the power to deem a reportable offender to\nbe a serious risk offender under subsection\n(5); and\n(b) the power to deem a reportable offender not\nto be a serious risk offender under\nsubsection (6)(a).\n(8) In this section—\nlocality, of a person, means the general locality\nwhere the person resides in the State.\nphotograph includes a digital image.\nprovide, a photograph to a person, means make\nthe photograph available for inspection by the\nperson in a secure way designed to be accessible\nonly by the person.\n74AH Police commissioner may have regard to\nparticular matters\n(1) This section applies in relation to the police\ncommissioner when considering whether—\n(a) to publish, or remove, the personal details of\na reportable offender under section 74AF\n(the identifying information); or\n(b) to provide the photograph of a reportable\noffender under section 74AG (also the\nidentifying information).\n(2) The police commissioner may have regard to any\nof the following matters—\n(a) the effect that the publication, removal or\nprovision of the identifying information\nmight have on a victim of an offence\ncommitted by the offender;\n(b) whether the publication, removal or\nprovision of the identifying information\nwould be likely to prejudice—\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 12\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n(i) a criminal proceeding in relation to the\noffender; or\n(ii) an investigation by the Queensland\nPolice Service or other law\nenforcement agency of a State or the\nCommonwealth in relation to a\ncontravention or possible contravention\nof a law by the offender;\n(c) whether the publication, removal or\nprovision of the identifying information is in\nthe public interest and consistent with the\npurposes of this Act;\n(d) any other matter the police commissioner\nconsiders relevant.\n74AI Police commissioner may disclose whether\nspecified person is a reportable offender\n(1) This section applies to a person who is a parent of\na child, or someone else having or exercising\nparental responsibility, other than on a temporary\nbasis, for the child.\n(2) The person may apply to the police commissioner\nfor disclosure about whether another person\nspecified in the application (the specified person)\nis a reportable offender.\n(3) The application must be—\n(a) made in a way approved by the police\ncommissioner; and\n(b) accompanied by any documents or\ninformation as required by the police\ncommissioner.\n(4) The police commissioner may disclose\ninformation to the person about whether the\nspecified person is a reportable offender if the\npolice commissioner is satisfied that the specified\nperson has had, or will have, any unsupervised\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n34\n35\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 13\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\ncontact with the child.\n(5) In this section—\nunsupervised contact, in relation to a person and\na child, includes—\n(a) any physical contact the person has had, or\nwill have, with the child without another\nadult present; and\n(b) any time the person and child have been\ntogether, or will be together, in close\nproximity without another adult present; and\n(c) any form of communication, whether in\nperson or by electronic means, the person\nhas had, or will have, with the child without\nanother adult present.\nDivision 3 Offences\n74AJ Intimidation or harassment of identified\noffenders\n(1) A person must not, by a public act, engage in\nconduct by which the person intends to—\n(a) intimidate or harass another person they\nbelieve or suspect is an identified offender;\nor\n(b) incite other persons to intimidate or harass\nanother person they believe or suspect is an\nidentified offender.\nMaximum penalty—10 years imprisonment.\n(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a\nmisdemeanour.\n(3) A person must not, by a public act, engage in\nconduct that is likely to—\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0002","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 2","content":"[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 14\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n(a) intimidate or harass another person they\nbelieve or suspect is an identified offender;\nor\n(b) incite other persons to intimidate or harass\nanother person they believe or suspect is an\nidentified offender.\nMaximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.\n(4) In this section—\nidentified offender means—\n(a) a person whose personal details have been\npublished under section 74AF; or\n(b) a person whose photograph has been\nprovided under section 74AG; or\n(c) a person in relation to whom a disclosure\nhas been made as to whether the person is a\nreportable offender under section 74AI.\nintimidate or harass includes—\n(a) intimidate or harass whether on 1, or more\nthan 1, occasion; and\n(b) vilify, persecute, victimise and engage in\nany act of vigilantism.\npublic act includes—\n(a) any form of communication to, or accessible\nby, the public or a part of the public,\nwhether made in person or by electronic\nmeans; and\nExamples of forms of communication—\ndisplaying notices, posting images or messages on\nany social networking site, speaking in\nneighbourhood groups, video streaming on the\ninternet and playing recorded material\n(b) actions, gestures, displays of signs or any\nother form of conduct that is in, or in view\nof, a public place.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n34\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 15\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\npublic place see section 74AK(2).\n74AK Display, distribution or publication of\nidentifying information\n(1) A person must not, without the written approval\nof the police commissioner, display, distribute or\npublish any identifying information.\nMaximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.\n(2) In this section—\ndisplay means display in, or within view of, a\npublic place.\ndistribute means distribute to the public or a part\nof the public.\nidentifying information means any information\nthat is identifiable as—\n(a) the personal details of a person published by\nthe police commissioner under section\n74AF; or\n(b) the photograph of a person provided by the\npolice commissioner under section 74AG;\nor\n(c) information disclosed by the police\ncommissioner in relation to whether a\nperson is a reportable offender under section\n74AI.\npublic place includes—\n(a) any place that the public is entitled to use, is\nopen to the public, or used by the public,\nwhether on payment or otherwise; and\n(b) a school, university or other place of\neducation, other than any part of a school,\nuniversity or other place of education that is\nnot open to, or used by, the public.\npublish means publish to the public or a part of\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n\n[s 8]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 16\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nthe public.\nDivision 4 Other matters\n74AL Protection from liability under part\n(1) A person involved in the administration of this\npart is not liable, civilly, criminally or under an\nadministrative process, because of an act done, or\nomission made, honestly by the person.\n(2) Also, the person can not, because of the act done,\nor omission made, by the person be held to\nhave—\n(a) breached any code of professional etiquette\nor ethics; or\n(b) departed from accepted standards of\nprofessional conduct.\n(3) Further, the State is not civilly liable because of\nthe act done, or omission made, by the person.\n74AM Relevant decisions are final\n(1) Unless the Supreme Court decides a relevant\ndecision is affected by jurisdictional error, the\ndecision—\n(a) is final and conclusive; and\n(b) can not be challenged, appealed against,\nreviewed, quashed, set aside or called into\nquestion in any other way under the Judicial\nReview Act 1991 or otherwise (whether by\nthe Supreme Court, another court, a tribunal\nor another entity); and\n(c) is not subject to any declaratory, injunctive\nor other order of the Supreme Court, another\ncourt, a tribunal or another entity on any\nground.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n\n[s 9]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 17\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n(2) The Judicial Review Act 1991, part 4 does not\napply to a relevant decision.\n(3) The Judicial Review Act 1991, part 5 applies to a\nrelevant decision only to the extent it is affected\nby jurisdictional error.\n(4) In this section—\nrelevant decision—\n(a) means a decision or purported decision of an\nadministrative character for the disclosure,\nprovision or publication of information\nunder this part; and\n(b) includes a decision or conduct leading up to\nor forming part of the process of making a\ndecision mentioned in paragraph (a).\n74AN Override declaration for particular\nprovisions\nFor the purposes of the Human Rights Act 2019,\nsection 43(1), it is declared that this part, other\nthan division 3 and this section, has effect—\n(a) despite being incompatible with human\nrights; and\n(b) despite anything else in the Human Rights\nAct 2019.\nNote—\nUnder the Human Rights Act 2019, section 45(2), this\nsection expires 5 years after the commencement.\n9 Replacement of s 74C (Review of Act)\nSection 74C—\nomit, insert—\n74C Review of provisions under part\n5AA—Daniel’s Law\n(1) The Minister must ensure the operation of part\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\nClause 27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n\n[s 10]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 18\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n5AA is reviewed as soon as practicable after the\nday that is 5 years after the commencement.\n(2) The review must be carried out by an independent\nand appropriately qualified person.\n(3) The terms of reference for the review are the\nterms decided by the Minister.\n(4) As soon as practicable after the review is finished,\nthe Minister must table a report about the outcome\nof the review in the Legislative Assembly.\n10 Insertion of new pt 7, div 8\nPart 7—\ninsert—\nDivision 8 Transitional provision for\nCommunity Protection and\nPublic Child Sex Offender\nRegister (Daniel’s Law) Act\n2025\n104 Application of particular provisions under part\n5AA—Daniel’s Law\nPart 5AA applies to a person who is a reportable\noffender whether the person became a reportable\noffender before or after the commencement of\nthat part.\n11 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary)\n(1) Schedule 5, definition personal details—\nomit.\n(2) Schedule 5—\ninsert—\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\nClause 10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\nClause 24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n[s 11]\nCommunity Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025\nPage 19\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nconcerning conduct means an act or omission, or\na course of conduct, the nature or pattern of which\nposes a risk to the safety or wellbeing of 1 or more\nchildren, or of children generally, and may\ninclude the following—\n(a) conduct that constitutes an offence;\n(b) conduct that is a single act or omission.\nExamples—\n• loitering at or near a park fitted with playground\nequipment regularly used by children\n• seeking employment or volunteer work that will\ninvolve the employee coming into contact with\nchildren, including, for example, door-to-door sales\nor collecting\n• living near a school\n• living in a household with children under 16 years\npersonal details, of a reportable offender—\n(a) generally—see section 10A; or\n(b) for part 5AA—see section 74AB.\n© State of Queensland 2025\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"summary":{"status_summary":"The Bill has received royal assent but will commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.","complexity_score":7,"likely_questions":["How can a resident request a photograph of a reportable offender in their locality, and what information must they provide?","What constitutes 'unsupervised contact' for the purpose of a parent applying for disclosure about a specified person?","When the police commissioner becomes aware of an offender's whereabouts after publication, how quickly must the details be removed?","Can the police commissioner be compelled to publish or provide information, or is it entirely discretionary?","What happens to the register after the five-year review, and will the human rights override be extended?"],"complexity_factors":["Multiple conditions and exceptions for publication of offender information","Interaction with existing reporting obligations and supervision orders","Human rights override declaration with a five-year sunset clause","Offence provisions with distinct intent-based and likelihood-based tiers","Restricted judicial review and ouster of certain court remedies","Broad discretionary powers vested in the police commissioner with limited delegation","Transitional application to existing reportable offenders without grandfathering"],"plain_english_summary":"Daniel’s Law creates a limited public register allowing the Queensland Police Commissioner to publish personal details and photos of adult reportable child‑sex offenders who are non‑compliant with reporting or supervision and whose whereabouts are unknown. Residents and parents can request locality photos or checks about unsupervised contacts. The Bill adds offences to deter vigilantism, suspends most Human Rights Act constraints for five years, makes publication decisions largely final, and requires an independent review within five years; it affects offenders, communities and the QPS."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Bill materially expands the original statutory regime from a largely restricted‑access offender reporting framework to include public‑facing disclosure powers and mechanisms. The original Act focused on offender reporting obligations and prohibitions with controlled disclosure; this amendment adds explicit powers for the Police Commissioner to publish offender personal details on a public website, to provide photographs to approved local requestors, and to disclose to parents where a person will have unsupervised contact with a child (new Part 5AA). It also creates new criminal prohibitions about private publication and harassment, narrows avenues for judicial review of disclosure decisions, and includes an express temporary override of human rights protections. Those additions extend the Act’s operational scope from record‑keeping and enforcement of reporting orders to active public dissemination of identifying information and tighter administrative control over community dissemination."},"complexity_factors":["Insertion of a new Part 5AA containing multiple new sections (74AA–74AN) with mixed procedural, substantive and criminal provisions","Defined term cross‑references: 'personal details' defined by s 74AB and by schedule items (schedule 2 and schedule 5 amendments)","Multiple conditional triggers for publication/provision (failure to comply with reporting obligations; supervision orders; unknown whereabouts; deemed serious risk) creating layered decision points (s 74AF, 74AG)","Discretion concentrated in the Police Commissioner with several non‑delegable powers (notably deeming serious risk offenders) and broad matters to consider (ss 74AG(5)–(7), 74AH)","Finality and judicial review limits for 'relevant decisions' with exception only for jurisdictional error (s 74AM), increasing legal complexity and gatekeeping of review routes","New criminal offences with high maximum penalties (10 and 3 years) whose elements include subjective states (intent/likely) and novel public‑act definitions (ss 74AJ–74AK)","Interplay with other legislation (Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003, Human Rights Act 2019, Judicial Review Act 1991) and required consultations/notifications (s 74AG(4))","Human Rights Act override declaration with a 5‑year expiry, adding temporal complexity and future legal change (s 74AN)","Operational requirements (guidelines under s 69(2), approved processes for applications under ss 74AG and 74AI) creating administrative rules not fully fleshed out in the Bill","Transitional application to existing reportable offenders (div 8), meaning retrospective operational impacts"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Bill changes (mechanics)\n\n- Adds a new Part 5AA, called “Daniel’s Law”, to the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004. The new part gives the Police Commissioner powers to publish, provide and disclose certain personal information about some child sex offenders in specified circumstances (see sections 74AF–74AI).\n\n- Expands the Act’s stated purposes to include facilitating release of information to the public through a public child sex offender register (amendment to s 3).\n\n- Changes the register provisions so that personal information in the register can be published as well as disclosed, and requires the Police Commissioner to develop guidelines balancing restricted access with the new purposes (amendments to ss 69 and 70).\n\n- Defines what counts as the personal details that may be published: certain core items in the schedules, photographs/digital images, and a general locality where the offender lives or can be found (s 74AB).\n\n- Allows the Police Commissioner to publish on a public website the personal details of a reportable offender if the Commissioner is satisfied the offender has failed to comply with reporting obligations or supervision orders and the offender’s whereabouts are not known. If the offender’s whereabouts later become known, the Commissioner must remove the published details as soon as practicable (s 74AF).\n\n- Enables members of the public in a locality to request photographs of reportable offenders who reside in that locality; the Police Commissioner may provide such photographs to approved requestors where the offender meets certain criteria (e.g. subject to reporting obligations for set periods, subject to supervision orders, or deemed a ‘serious risk offender’ by the Commissioner) (s 74AG). The power to deem or un-deem a serious risk offender is non‑delegable (s 74AG(5)–(7)).\n\n- Allows parents (or persons exercising parental responsibility) to apply to the Police Commissioner to find out whether a specified person is a reportable offender if the Commissioner is satisfied the person has had, or will have, unsupervised contact with the child (s 74AI).\n\n- Creates new criminal offences aimed at protecting identified persons: a) knowingly engaging in public acts intended to intimidate or harass someone who has been identified under the new part (maximum 10 years imprisonment); b) public acts likely to intimidate or harass (maximum 3 years); and c) displaying, distributing or publishing identifying information without the Police Commissioner’s written approval (maximum 3 years) (ss 74AJ–74AK).\n\n- Provides administrative protections for people administering the new part (immunity from civil/criminal liability for honest acts/omissions), declares relevant administrative decisions final and largely not reviewable except in cases of jurisdictional error, and includes a Human Rights Act override declaration (subject to a 5‑year expiry) (ss 74AL–74AN).\n\n- Requires an independent review of Part 5AA after 5 years (s 74C as replaced) and applies the new public‑disclosure rules to people who are already reportable offenders on commencement (transitional div 8).\n\nWho is affected\n\n- Reportable offenders: some people already on the offender reporting scheme may have their personal details or photographs published to the public website, or their photographs provided to local residents, if they meet the statutory triggers (ss 74AF, 74AG).\n\n- Police/administrators: the Police Commissioner and staff decide whether and when to publish, provide or disclose information, must develop guidelines, and will operate and secure the website (ss 69, 74AF, 74AG, 74AH).\n\n- Parents and carers: a parent or person exercising parental responsibility may apply for disclosure about whether someone has unsupervised contact with their child and is a reportable offender (s 74AI).\n\n- Members of the public: individuals may request photos (subject to approval) and use the public website; but publication or distribution of the identifying information by private persons without written approval is a new offence (s 74AK).\n\n- Victims and third parties: publication is subject to consideration of impacts on victims and active criminal investigations (s 74AH).\n\nWhy it matters (stated purpose and practical effects)\n\n- The Bill expressly adds community protection by enabling targeted public release of information about some reportable offenders through a public register (amendment to s 3). That is the legislative aim.\n\n- Practically, the Bill shifts parts of the existing offender reporting regime from a restricted‑access model toward a public, discretionary disclosure model: police may publish offender details on a public website and release photographs to approved members of the public in particular circumstances (Part 5AA). That changes who can access information and how it may be used.\n\nCosts, incentives and trade‑offs (concrete mechanisms)\n\n- Who pays: the State (Queensland Police Service) bears the operational cost of running the website, processing requests and maintaining secure access; resource allocation will be required for assessment of requests, security, and removal when whereabouts are found (see ss 74AF(2),(4) and 74AG(2)).\n\n- Who decides: the Police Commissioner has broad discretionary decision‑making power to publish, provide photographs and to deem an offender a serious risk (ss 74AF, 74AG(5)–(7), 74AH). Many decisions are declared final and excluded from ordinary judicial review except for jurisdictional error (s 74AM).\n\n- Behavioural incentives for offenders: the statutory triggers—failure to comply with reporting obligations, failure to comply with supervision orders, or an unknown whereabouts—create an incentive for compliance and for keeping contact details up to date to avoid publication (s 74AF). Conversely, the risk of public identification may incentivise concealment or relocation by some offenders.\n\n- Behavioural incentives for the public: the public website and photo‑release mechanism steer parents and local residents to rely on police‑issued information rather than informal community sharing. At the same time, the Bill criminalises private publication or distribution of the same information without police approval (s 74AK), reducing informal dissemination but potentially limiting community transparency.\n\n- Compliance and administrative burden: police must develop guidelines balancing restricted access with the new public‑disclosure purpose (s 69(2)). Requestors must use police‑approved processes and provide required documents for photo requests and parental disclosure applications (ss 74AG(2), 74AI(3)).\n\n- Implementation risks: the model depends on accurate, up‑to‑date data and timely removals when whereabouts become known (s 74AF(4)). Misidentification or delayed removal could cause wrongful exposure. Non‑delegable powers and finality of decisions concentrate discretion in the Commissioner, increasing the importance of consistent guidelines and oversight (ss 74AG(7), 74AM).\n\n- Legal and human‑rights trade‑offs: the Bill includes an explicit override in relation to the Human Rights Act for most of Part 5AA for five years (s 74AN), and limits merits and judicial review of disclosure decisions (s 74AM). Those features reduce review opportunities and may shift contestation from courts to political or administrative channels.\n\nConcentrated benefits and diffuse costs\n\n- Concentrated benefits: parents and local residents who receive information may gain a specific protective benefit in relation to particular individuals (ss 74AF–74AI).\n\n- Diffuse costs: administrative costs fall on the police; reputational and privacy costs fall on individuals whose details are published; community risks include the potential for vigilantism (the Bill criminalises intimidation but cannot remove all risk) and possible chilling effects on community information flows because private republication is prohibited (ss 74AJ–74AK).\n\nKey statutory guardrails and limits\n\n- Certain reportable offenders are expressly excluded from publication (children, offenders who only offended as children and later had no adult orders, persons under court orders prohibiting identification) (s 74AE).\n\n- If the Commissioner becomes aware of the offender’s whereabouts after publication, the Commissioner must remove details as soon as practicable (s 74AF(3)–(4)).\n\n- Before providing photographs of offenders subject to Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act supervision orders, the Police Commissioner must notify and consider submissions from corrective services (s 74AG(4)).\n\n- Part 5AA must be independently reviewed five years after commencement (replacement s 74C).\n\nBottom line (neutral, mechanical): The Bill creates a statutory pathway for the Queensland Police Commissioner to publish certain personal details (including photos and general localities) of some reportable child‑sex offenders on a public website and to provide photos to approved members of the public, subject to statutory triggers, specific exclusions, and police discretion. It also criminalises private publication or public harassment of people so identified, grants administrative immunity to implementers, limits judicial review of those disclosure decisions, and includes an express (time‑limited) Human Rights Act override. The government claims the measure enhances community protection by enabling public access to targeted offender information (s 3); the law achieves that by expanding police disclosure powers while adding criminal and administrative controls that change who may publish and how decisions are reviewed.\n\n(References: new Part 5AA, ss 74AA–74AN; amendments to ss 3, 13A, 69, 70, sch 5.)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/community-protection-and-public-child-sex-offender-register-daniel-s-law-bill-2025","history":"/api/acts/community-protection-and-public-child-sex-offender-register-daniel-s-law-bill-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/community-protection-and-public-child-sex-offender-register-daniel-s-law-bill-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/community-protection-and-public-child-sex-offender-register-daniel-s-law-bill-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/community-protection-and-public-child-sex-offender-register-daniel-s-law-bill-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/community-protection-and-public-child-sex-offender-register-daniel-s-law-bill-2025/documents"}}