Section 2D - Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 - Class 1 offences and Class 2 offences

2DClass 1 offences and Class 2 offences

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2D Class 1 offences and Class 2 offences

(1) In this Act, a Class 1 offence means the following—

(a) murder, if the person murdered was a child,

(b) an offence specified in Schedule 1A,

(c) an offence under a law of a foreign jurisdiction that—

(i) if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence of a kind specified in this subsection, or

(ii) is prescribed by the regulations as a Class 1 offence,

(d) an offence of attempting, or of conspiracy or incitement, to commit an offence of a kind specified in this subsection,

(e) an offence that, when it was committed, was a Class 1 offence,

(f) an offence committed before 8 December 2000 that was an offence of a kind specified in this subsection.

(2) In this Act, a Class 2 offence means the following—

(a) manslaughter, other than manslaughter as a result of a motor vehicle accident, if the person killed was a child,

(b) an offence specified in Schedule 1B,

(c) an offence under a law of a foreign jurisdiction that—

(i) if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence of a kind specified in this subsection, or

(ii) is prescribed by the regulations as a Class 2 offence,

(d) an offence of attempting, or of conspiracy or incitement, to commit an offence of a kind specified in this subsection,

(e) an offence that, when it was committed, was a Class 2 offence,

(f) an offence committed before 8 December 2000 that was an offence of a kind specified in this subsection.

s 2D: Ins 2024 No 62, Sch 1[5].