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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
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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.
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(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.