Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
3ARegistrable persons
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3A Registrable persons
3A Registrable persons
(1) In this Act, each of the following is a registrable person—
(a) a person subject to a registrable person order,
(b) a person subject to a child protection registration order,
(c) a corresponding registrable person,
(d) a person who has been found guilty by a court of an offence specified in section 2D(1)(c) or (2)(c),
(e) a person who was a registrable person immediately before the commencement of this subsection, as substituted by the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Amendment Act 2024.
(2) Unless a person is a corresponding registrable person, a person is not a registrable person merely because the person—
(a) is a person in respect of whom a court has made an order under section 10 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 or section 33 (1) (a) of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (or an equivalent order under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction) in respect of a Class 1 or Class 2 offence, or
(b), (c) (Repealed)
(d) is a person whom a court has found guilty of a registrable offence before 15 October 2001, unless the person is an existing controlled person or the offence results in the making of a child protection registration order against the person.
(3) A person is not a registrable person if the person is receiving protection under a foreign witness protection law specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection, or has the same status as such a person under an order made under a corresponding Act specified by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
(4) For the purposes of this section, it is irrelevant whether or not a person may lodge, or has lodged, an appeal in respect of a finding of guilt, sentence, child protection registration order or corresponding child protection registration order.
(5) (Repealed)
s 3A: Ins 2004 No 85, Sch 1 [15]. Am 2007 No 13, Sch 1 [4]; 2007 No 87, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2008 No 105, Sch 2.1 [2]; 2014 No 54, Sch 1 [12]–[15]; 2018 No 33, Sch 2 [5]; 2024 No 62, Sch 1[6]–[8].