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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
16Initial report by reportable offender of personal details
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16 Initial report by reportable offender of personal details
(1) In an initial report, the following are personal details that a
reportable offender must report:
(a) his or her current name, together with any other name by
which he or she is, or has previously been, known;
(b) in respect of each name other than his or her current name,
the period during which he or she was known by that other
name;
(c) his or her date of birth;
(d) the address of each of the premises at which he or she
generally resides or, if he or she does not generally reside at
any particular premises, the name of each of the localities in
which he or she can generally be found;
(e) the names and ages of any children who generally reside in
the same household as that in which he or she generally
resides or with whom he or she has regular unsupervised
contact;
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(f) if he or she is employed:
(i) the nature of his or her employment; and
(ii) the name of his or her employer (if any); and
(iii) the address of each of the premises at which he or she
is generally employed or, if he or she is not generally
employed at any particular premises, the name of each
of the localities in which he or she is generally employed;
(g) details of his or her affiliation with any club or organisation that
has child membership or child participation in its activities;
(h) the make, model, colour and registration number of any motor
vehicle owned by, or generally driven by, him or her;
(i) details of any tattoos or permanent distinguishing marks that
he or she has (including details of any tattoo or mark that has
been removed);
(j) whether he or she has ever been found guilty in any foreign
jurisdiction of a foreign reportable offence or an offence that
required him or her to report to a corresponding registrar or
been the subject of a corresponding offender reporting order
and, if so, where that finding occurred or that order was made;
(k) if he or she has been in government custody, whether in the
Territory or elsewhere, since he or she was sentenced or
released from government custody (as the case may be) in
respect of a reportable offence, foreign reportable offence or
corresponding reportable offence – details of when and where
that government custody occurred;
(l) if, at the time of making a report under this Division, the
reportable offender travels or intends to travel, within the
Territory or elsewhere, frequently (irrespective of the length of
any such travel):
(i) in general terms, the reason for travelling; and
(ii) in general terms, the frequency and destinations of the
travel;
(m) a telephone number at the premises where the reportable
offender generally resides or, if the reportable offender does
not generally reside at any particular premises, at least one
telephone number by which the reportable offender may be
contacted for each of the localities in which he or she can
generally be found;
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(n) the number of each mobile telephone used by the reportable
offender;
(o) each email address used by the reportable offender;
(p) the name of each internet service provider the reportable
offender uses to access the internet, and usernames adopted
by the reportable offender;
(q) any other information prescribed by regulation.
(2) For this section:
(a) a reportable offender is taken to generally reside at any
particular premises if he or she resides at those premises for
14 or more days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of
12 months; and
(b) a child is taken to generally reside in the same household as a
reportable offender if they reside together in that household for
14 or more days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of
12 months; and
(c) a reportable offender is taken to have regular unsupervised
contact with a child if he or she has unsupervised contact with
the child for 14 or more days (whether consecutive or not) in
any period of 12 months; and
(d) a reportable offender is taken to be generally employed at any
particular premises if he or she is employed at those premises
for 14 or more days (whether consecutive or not) in any period
of 12 months; and
(e) a reportable offender is taken to generally drive a particular
motor vehicle if he or she drives that vehicle on 14 or more
days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months.
(3) For this section, a reportable offender is taken to be employed if he
or she:
(a) carries out work under a contract of employment; or
(b) carries out work as a self-employed person or as a
sub-contractor; or
(c) carries out work as a volunteer for an organisation; or
(d) undertakes practical training as part of an educational or
vocational course; or
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(e) carries out work as a minister of religion or in any other
capacity for the purposes of a religious organisation.
(4) For this section, a person is taken to be an employer if the person:
(a) arranges, in the course of business, for the reportable offender
to be employed by another person; or
(b) engages the reportable offender under contract to carry out
work.
(5) In subsection (1)(l):
frequently means in the order of 10 or more times in a year.