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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004
sec.31Power to take photographs
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### sec.31 Power to take photographs
A police officer may require a reportable offender—
to be photographed; or
to expose any part of the offender’s body to enable that part of the body to be photographed by the officer or a person authorised by the officer.
However, a police officer can not require a reportable offender to expose—
the offender’s genitals; or
the anal area of the offender’s buttocks.
Also, a police officer may photograph a thing if a reportable offender is required to report information about the thing under this part or under a supervision order under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 .
A police officer may photograph a car that a reportable offender has reported as just having been bought by the reportable offender.
s 31 amd 2017 No. 14 s 19 ; 2024 No. 24 s 5 ; 2024 No. 25 s 50
(sec.31-ssec.1) A police officer may require a reportable offender— to be photographed; or to expose any part of the offender’s body to enable that part of the body to be photographed by the officer or a person authorised by the officer.
(sec.31-ssec.2) However, a police officer can not require a reportable offender to expose— the offender’s genitals; or the anal area of the offender’s buttocks.
(sec.31-ssec.3) Also, a police officer may photograph a thing if a reportable offender is required to report information about the thing under this part or under a supervision order under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 . A police officer may photograph a car that a reportable offender has reported as just having been bought by the reportable offender.
- (a) to be photographed; or
- (b) to expose any part of the offender’s body to enable that part of the body to be photographed by the officer or a person authorised by the officer.
- (a) the offender’s genitals; or
- (b) the anal area of the offender’s buttocks.