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Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005
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83 When reporting period begins
(1) A registrable offender’s (other than a previous offender’s) reporting
period for a registrable offence begins at the later of the following
times:
(a) when the offender is sentenced for the offence;
(b) if the offender is in, or begins, full-time government custody on
the day the offender is sentenced for the registrable offence—
when the offender stops being in full-time government custody.
(2) A previous offender’s reporting period for a registrable offence
begins at the later of the following times:
(a) when the offender was sentenced for the offence;
(b) if the offender was in full-time government custody on the day
the offender was sentenced for the registrable offence—when
the offender stopped or stops being in full-time government
custody.