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Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
3NNotice to corresponding registrable person of reporting obligations
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#### 3N Notice to corresponding registrable person of reporting obligations
3N Notice to corresponding registrable person of reporting obligations
> > (1) This section applies to a person (a relevant person) who—
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> > > (a) the Commissioner of Police reasonably suspects has become a corresponding registrable person while in New South Wales, or
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> > > (b) is a corresponding registrable person who has not previously been given notice of the person’s reporting obligations in New South Wales and who—
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> > > > (i) notifies the Commissioner of Police that the person proposes to stay in New South Wales for longer than the prescribed period, or
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> > > > (ii) the Commissioner of Police reasonably suspects proposes to stay in New South Wales for longer than the prescribed period.
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> > (2) The Commissioner of Police must cause written notice of the following to be given to the relevant person—
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> > > (a) the person’s reporting obligations, including the person’s reporting period,
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> > > (b) the consequences of failing to comply with the person’s reporting obligations.
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> > (3) The notice must be given as soon as practicable after the Commissioner of Police becomes aware the person is a relevant person.
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> > (4) The regulations may prescribe—
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> > > (a) the form of the notice, and
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> > > (b) the way in which the notice must be given.
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> > (5) A relevant person must comply with the person’s reporting obligations under this Act until the later of—
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> > > (a) the expiry of the person’s reporting period in relation to all corresponding registrars to whom the person has reporting obligations, or
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> > > (b) the expiry of the reporting period that would have applied to the person under this Act if the person had been sentenced by a court in New South Wales.
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> > (6) This section does not apply to a corresponding registrable person if the person—
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> > > (a) is a resident of New South Wales, and
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> > > (b) has given a personal information report to the Commissioner of Police within the previous 12 months.
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> > (7) In this section—
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> > prescribed period, in relation to a corresponding registrable person, means a period of 14 days, not counting days when the corresponding registrable person is in government custody.
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> **s 3N:** Ins 2024 No 62, Sch 1\[18\].