Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005
117Establishment of child sex offenders register
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117 Establishment of child sex offenders register (1) The chief police officer must establish a register of sex offenders (the child sex offenders register), or arrange for another entity to establish the child sex offenders register. (2) The child sex offenders register must contain the following information about each registrable offender (to the extent that it is known by the chief police officer): (a) the offender’s name and other identifying particulars; (b) details of each class 1 and class 2 offence of which the offender has been found guilty or with which the offender has been charged; (c) details of each offence of which the offender has been found guilty that resulted in the making of a child sex offender registration order; (d) the date the offender was sentenced for each registrable offence; (e) the date the offender ceased to be in government custody for a registrable offence, or entered or ceased to be in government custody for an offence during the offender’s reporting period; (f) the date the offender stopped being in full-time government custody for a registrable offence; (g) any information reported for the offender under chapter 3 (Reporting). (3) The child sex offenders register may also contain any other information that the chief police officer considers appropriate.