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Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
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#### 9C Persons required to report under corresponding Act
9C Persons required to report under corresponding Act
> > (1) This section applies to a person (other than one to whom Division 5 applies) who has been required to report to a corresponding registrar, irrespective of whether the person is a registrable person for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (2) Unless the person has previously complied with the obligation imposed by this section, the person must, within 5 days after entering and remaining in New South Wales, contact (by telephone or another prescribed means) a person nominated by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section.
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> > (3) The contacted nominated person must advise the person whether the person is a registrable person for the purposes of this Act and of any reporting obligations that the person has under this Act.
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> > (4) A person is not guilty of an offence against section 17 because of a failure to comply with the reporting obligations imposed by subsection (2) if the person—
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> > > (a) is not a registrable person for the purposes of this Act, or
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> > > (b) has not been notified of that reporting obligation, or
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> > > (c) does not remain in New South Wales for 14 or more consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody, or
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> > > (d) gives the Commissioner of Police a personal information report in accordance with section 9A, or
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> > > (e) gives the Commissioner of Police a report in accordance with section 3M.
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> **s 9C:** Ins 2004 No 85, Sch 1 \[22\]. Am 2024 No 62, Sch 1\[31\] \[32\].