Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2005
47APublication of personal details of certain reportable offenders
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47A Publication of personal details of certain reportable offenders
[Section 47A Inserted by No. 53 of 2016, s. 19, Applied:29 Nov 2017]
(1) In this section –
personal details includes photographs and digital images.
(2) This section does not apply to a young reportable offender or corresponding reportable offender who is a child.
(3) The Commissioner may publish any or all of the personal details of a reportable offender, or corresponding reportable offender, if –
(a) the Commissioner is satisfied that –
(i) the reportable offender or corresponding reportable offender has failed to comply with any one or more of his or her reporting obligations; or
(ii) in purported compliance with Part 3 , the reportable offender or corresponding reportable offender has provided material that is false or misleading in a material particular; and
(b) the reportable offender's or corresponding reportable offender's whereabouts are not known.