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Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
12DAdditional matters to be provided
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#### 12D Additional matters to be provided
12D Additional matters to be provided
> > (1) If a report is required to be made in person, the person making the report must also present for inspection—
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> > > (a) 2 identification documents relating to the registrable person, and
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> > > (b) if the person making the report is accompanying the registrable person and making the report on the registrable person’s behalf, 2 identification documents relating to the person making the report, and
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> > > (c) in any case, any other form of identification specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.
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> > (1A) If a registrable person holds a driver licence or a current passport (whether a current Australian passport or current overseas passport), the identification documents presented must include the driver licence, passport or passports (and, if the registrable person holds both a driver licence and a current passport or passports, must include all those identification documents).
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> > (1B) If a person accompanying a registrable person and making a report on his or her behalf holds a driver licence, the identification documents presented must include the driver licence.
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> > (2) Each of the following original documents is an identification document for the purposes of this section—
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> > > (a) a full birth certificate,
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> > > (a1) a driver licence,
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> > > (b) an Australian passport that is current or has been expired for less than 2 years,
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> > > (c) a current overseas passport,
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> > > (d) an Australian naturalisation or citizenship document, or immigration papers issued by the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs,
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> > > (e) a current Medicare card, pensioner concession card, Department of Veterans’ Affairs entitlement card or other entitlement card issued by the Commonwealth or a State Government,
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> > > (f) a current credit card or account from a bank, building society or credit union, or a passbook or statement of account up to one year old,
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> > > (g) a telephone, gas or electricity bill up to one year old,
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> > > (h) a notice of council rates, water service charges or land valuation up to 2 years old,
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> > > (i) an electoral enrolment card or other evidence of enrolment as an elector up to 2 years old,
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> > > (j) a current student identity card, or a certificate or statement of enrolment up to 2 years old from an educational institution.
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> > (3) The police officer receiving the report may waive the requirements of subsection (1) (a) and (c) if—
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> > > (a) the registrable person permits his or her fingerprints to be taken immediately before or after the report is made, or
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> > > (b) the police officer is otherwise satisfied as to the registrable person’s identity.
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> > (4) The police officer receiving the report may waive the requirements of subsection (1) (b) and (c) if the police officer is otherwise satisfied as to the person’s identity.
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> > (5) The police officer receiving a report may copy any document presented to the officer for inspection under subsection (1) (a) or (b).
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> > (6) If a report is made otherwise than in person, the regulations may specify—
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> > > (a) the circumstances in which—
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> > > > (i) information concerning the identity of the registrable person and the identity of the person making the report, and
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> > > > (ii) a document verifying or supporting details in the report,
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> > > are required, and
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> > > (b) the manner in which that information is to be provided,
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> > but may not require an original document to be provided.
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> > (7) In this section—
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> > Australian passport includes a document of identity issued by the Australian Passport Office.
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> > driver licence means a New South Wales driver licence, or any other licence issued under a law in force in a foreign jurisdiction authorising the holder to drive a motor vehicle, containing photo identification of the holder of the licence.
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> **s 12D:** Ins 2004 No 85, Sch 1 \[22\]. Am 2007 No 87, Sch 1 \[18\]–\[22\].