22Communication of information to support persons—the Act, s 22(1A)(f)(ii) and (iv)

22 Communication of information to support persons—the Act, s 22(1A)(f)(ii) and (iv)

22 Communication of information to support persons—the Act, s 22(1A)(f)(ii) and (iv)

(1) This section applies in relation to a registrable person who, in the Commissioner of Police’s opinion—

(a) is a child or has a disability, and

(b) is incapable of understanding—

(i) the registrable person’s reporting obligations, or

(ii) the consequences of failing to comply with the reporting obligations.

(2) The Commissioner of Police may inform the registrable person’s support person of the following if, in the Commissioner’s opinion, the support person is likely to help the registrable person comply with the registrable person’s reporting obligations—

(a) the registrable person’s reporting obligations,

(b) the consequences of failing to comply with the reporting obligations.

(3) The information referred to in subsection (2) must be given to the support person—

(a) in person, or

(b) by registered post.

(4) Subsection (2) does not limit the circumstances in which the Commissioner of Police may give information to a registrable person’s support person if the support person is a public authority that provides support, or supervises the provision of support, to the registrable person.

(5) In this section—

support person, in relation to a registrable person, means—

(a) a person nominated by the registrable person for the purposes of this section, or

(b) if the registrable person has not nominated a person under paragraph (a)—

(i) a parent, guardian or carer of the registrable person, or

(ii) a public authority that provides support, or supervises the provision of support, to the registrable person.