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Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
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#### 12 Where report is to be made
12 Where report is to be made
> > (1) A report under this Part is to be made—
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> > > (a) at any police station in the locality in which the registrable person is currently residing (subject to subsection (2)), or
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> > > (b) if a direction is given in accordance with the regulations as to the police station at which the report is to be made, at the police station so directed, or
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> > > (c) at some other place approved (either generally or in a particular case) by the Commissioner of Police.
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> > (2) If a police station in the locality in which a registrable person is currently residing is a restricted police station, the registrable person—
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> > > (a) with the consent of the Commissioner of Police, may make the report at that station, and
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> > > (b) may make the report at the next nearest police station that is not a restricted police station.
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> > (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a restricted police station is a police station that is a police station, or that falls within a class of police station, that the regulations state is not to be used as a venue for the purposes of this section without the consent of the Commissioner of Police.
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> > (4) This section does not apply if, under section 12A (2), a report is permitted to be made in a way that is inconsistent with this section.
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> **s 12:** Am 2001 No 50, Sch 1 \[12\] \[13\]; 2002 No 98, Sch 1 \[4\]–\[6\]. Subst 2004 No 85, Sch 1 \[22\].