Section 22 - Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 - Regulations

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(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(1A) In particular, regulations may be made for or with respect to the following—

(a) matters incidental to the making of reports under Part 3, including—

(i) the manner and form in which a report must be made, and

(ii) the nature of any verifying documentation or evidence to be produced in support of any such report,

(b) the form of, or the information to be included in, any notice or other document that is required by this Act to be given to registrable persons,

(c) the manner in which a notice or other document may be given under this Act,

(d) the manner and form in which the Register is to be established and maintained, including the manner and form in which information is to be entered in the Register,

(e) requiring or permitting the Commissioner of Police to remove specified information, or information of a specified class, from the Register,

(f) the notification of reporting obligations to registrable persons, including—

(i) permitting the person notifying a registrable person to ask the person to acknowledge being given the notice, and

(ii) making special provision for the notification of registrable persons who are children or who have disabilities or other special needs, and

(iii) permitting or requiring a person or body to be notified of a registrable person’s status as a child or person who has a special need or disability to facilitate notification and reporting, and

(iv) providing for the notification to be given to a carer of, or a person nominated by, a registrable person who may be unable to understand his or her reporting obligations or the consequences of failing to comply with those obligations, and

(v) requiring that a registrable person be given additional information to that required by this Act, and