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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
19ACommissioner may require reportable offender to attend
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19A Commissioner may require reportable offender to attend
(1) The Commissioner may give a reportable offender a written notice
requiring the offender to attend, at a time and place specified in the
notice, and answer questions about his or her personal details if the
(a) suspects, on reasonable grounds, the personal details of the
offender have changed and the offender has not reported the
change; or
(b) requires the offender to clarify or expand on information the
Commissioner has received from the offender or other
sources.
(2) A reportable offender commits an offence if he or she:
(a) fails to attend in compliance with the notice; or
(b) attends but fails to answer reasonable and relevant questions.
(3) Answers given by a reportable offender under this section are not
admissible as evidence in a prosecution of the offender for an
offence against this Act, other than an offence against section 49.