11Contact with children must be reported

11 Contact with children must be reported

11 Contact with children must be reported

(1) This section applies if a registrable person has contact with a child that involves the registrable person—

(a) supervising or caring for the child, or

(b) visiting or staying at a household where the child is present, or

(c) exchanging contact details with the child, including giving the person’s contact details to the child, or

(d) attempting to befriend the child, or

(e) attempting to establish contact or further contact with the child.

(2) Within 24 hours after the registrable person has the contact with the child, the registrable person must give the Commissioner of Police a report that includes the following information, to the extent it is known by the registrable person—

(a) the child’s name,

(b) the child’s date of birth,

(c) the child’s address or other means of contacting the child.

(3) A registrable person is not required to give the Commissioner of Police a report under this section if—

(a) the child resides with the registrable person, and

(b) the registrable person has previously reported to the Commissioner of Police that the child resides with the registrable person.

Note—

See Schedule 1C, clause 9(2) for the circumstances in which a child is taken to reside with a person.

(4) In this section—

contact or further contact, with a child, includes the following—

(a) physical contact with the child, including by touching the child or being in very close physical proximity to the child,

(b) oral communication with the child, including communication taking place in person or by telephone or electronic means,

(c) written communication with the child, including communication taking place by mail, telephone or electronic means.

s 11: Subst 2004 No 85, Sch 1 [22]. Am 2007 No 87, Sch 1 [16] [17]; 2009 No 93, Sch 1 [2]; 2014 No 54, Sch 1 [31]–[33]. Subst 2024 No 62, Sch 1[33].