18Ways registrable person may report—the Act, s 12A(2)

18 Ways registrable person may report—the Act, s 12A(2)

18 Ways registrable person may report—the Act, s 12A(2)

(1) A registrable person or the registrable person’s supervisor may make a report, other than an in-person report, to the Crime Manager for the relevant reporting area by—

(a) telephone, or

(b) email or other electronic means.

(2) The supervisor must not make a report on behalf of the registrable person unless—

(a) the registrable person has presented, for the supervisor’s inspection, the documents the registrable person would be required to present under the Act, section 12D if the registrable person were making the report to a police officer in person, and

(b) the supervisor is satisfied of the registrable person’s identity.

(3) In this section—

Crime Manager, for a relevant reporting area, means the police officer for the time being appointed by the Commissioner of Police to the position of Crime Manager for the relevant reporting area and includes a police officer acting in that position.

in-person report means a report to which the Act, section 12A(1) applies.

police area command means an area designated by the Commissioner of Police as a police area command.

police district means an area designated by the Commissioner of Police as a police district.

relevant reporting area means one of the following areas within which the registrable person resides—

(a) a police area command,

(b) a police district.

supervisor, in relation to a registrable person, means the person appointed to supervise the registrable person by the supervising authority for the registrable person.