Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
14BReduced period applies for young registrable persons
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14B Reduced period applies for young registrable persons
14B Reduced period applies for young registrable persons
(1) The reporting periods specified in section 14A do not apply to a person who was a child at the time at which the person committed each registrable offence.
(2) Instead, a reporting period that is half the reporting period that would otherwise apply to the person under section 14A (or seven and a half years in the case of a reporting period for life) applies to the person.
s 14B: Ins 2004 No 85, Sch 1 [30].