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Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005
65Reports by young offenders
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65 Reports by young offenders
(1) A registrable offender is taken to have made a report in person if—
(a) the offender is a young person; and
How report is to be made Division 3.4.2
(b) 1 of the following people makes the report, in person, for the
(i) a person with parental responsibility for the offender; or
(ii) if a person with parental responsibility for the offender is
unavailable, or is unacceptable to the offender—someone
else (other than a police officer) who can represent the
interests of the offender and who is, as far as is practicable
in the circumstances, acceptable to the offender; and
(c) the offender accompanies the person when the person makes the
report.
(2) A registrable offender is taken to have made a report in another way
if—
(a) the offender is a young person; and
(b) 1 of the following people makes the report in that way for the
(i) a person with parental responsibility for the offender; or
(ii) if a person with parental responsibility for the offender is
unavailable, or is unacceptable to the offender—someone
else (other than a police officer) who can represent the
interests of the offender and who is, as far as is practicable
in the circumstances, acceptable to the offender.