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Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005
11AChief police officer to decide if certain people prescribed
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11A Chief police officer to decide if certain people prescribed
corresponding offenders
(1) This section applies to a prescribed corresponding offender under
section 11 (1) (a) because the person is subject to an order
corresponding, or substantially corresponding, to a non-conviction
order under the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005 in a foreign jurisdiction
in relation to an offence.
(2) As soon as practicable after the person becomes a prescribed
corresponding offender (and not later than 28 days after information
about the person is included on the child sex offenders register under
section 117), the chief police officer must decide whether the person
should be a prescribed corresponding offender.
Note A decision under s (2) is a reviewable decision (see s 132ZV), and the
chief police officer must give a reviewable decision notice to the person
(see s 132ZW).
(3) In making a decision under subsection (2), the chief police officer
must consider—
(a) the severity of the offence; and
(b) the age of the person at the time of the offence; and
(c) the level of harm to the victim and the community caused by the
(d) the period for which the person was reporting to the
corresponding registrar of the foreign jurisdiction; and
(e) compliance by the person with any reporting and sentencing
obligations; and
(f) any attempts at rehabilitation by the person; and
(g) whether the person poses a risk to the lives or sexual safety of
(h) any other circumstances that the chief police officer considers
relevant.
(4) If the chief police officer decides that a person should not be a
prescribed corresponding offender, the chief police officer must
remove the person from the child sex offenders register.