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Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
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#### 14A Reporting period not specified in relevant order
14A Reporting period not specified in relevant order
> > (1A) This section applies to a registrable person with reporting obligations imposed under this Act to whom section 14AA does not apply.
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> > (1) The registrable person must continue to comply with the reporting obligations imposed by this Part for—
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> > > (a) 8 years, if the person has only ever been found guilty of a single Class 2 offence, or
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> > > (b) 15 years, if the person—
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> > > > (i) has only ever been found guilty of a single Class 1 offence, or
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> > > > (ii) has ever been found guilty of more than a single registrable offence but is not covered by paragraph (c), or
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> > > (c) the remainder of the person’s life, if the person is a registrable person in respect of—
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> > > > (i) a Class 1 offence and the person subsequently commits and is found guilty of another registrable offence, or
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> > > > (ii) a Class 2 offence and the person subsequently commits and is found guilty of a Class 1 offence, or
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> > > > (iii) a Class 2 offence and the person subsequently commits and is found guilty of another Class 2 offence and has ever been found guilty of 3 or more Class 2 offences.
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> > Note.
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> > A life-long reporting obligation may be suspended under Division 7.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply if the registrable person was not given notice of the person’s reporting obligations under this Act or a corresponding Act before the person committed the subsequent offence.
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> > (3) A reference in subsection (1) to an offence extends to an offence committed before the commencement of that subsection.
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> > (4) For the purposes of this section—
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> > > (a) 2 or more offences arising from the same incident are to be treated as a single offence, and
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> > > (b) 2 or more offences arising from the same incident are to be treated as a single Class 1 offence if at least one of those offences is a Class 1 offence.
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> **s 14A:** Ins 2004 No 85, Sch 1 \[30\]. Am 2024 No 62, Sch 1\[43\]–\[45\].