Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
29Additional matters to be provided
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29 Additional matters to be provided (1) If a report is required to be made in person, the person making the report must also: (a) present for inspection the reportable offender's driver's licence, or other form of identification or other document specified by the Regulations for this paragraph, to verify or support details in the report; and (b) provide a photograph of the reportable offender's head and face of a type suitable for use in an Australian passport; and (c) if the person making the report is not the reportable offender – present for inspection his or her own driver's licence or other form of identification specified by the Regulations for this paragraph. (2) The police officer receiving the report may waive the requirements of subsection (1)(a) or (b) if: (a) the reportable offender permits his or her fingerprints, or a fingerscan, to be taken immediately before or after the report is made; or (b) the police officer is otherwise satisfied as to the reportable offender's identity.
Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004 26 (3) The police officer receiving the report may waive the requirements of subsection (1)(c) if he or she is otherwise satisfied as to the person's identity. (4) The police officer receiving a report may copy any document presented to the police officer for inspection under subsection (1)(a) or (c). (5) For a report that is made otherwise than in person, the Regulations may specify when and how: (a) information concerning the identity and location of the reportable offender and the identity of the person making a report on behalf of a reportable offender must be provided; and (b) documentary verification of details in the report must be provided. (6) For subsection (5), the Regulations cannot require the production of an original document.