1Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025

J2025-55 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Australian Capital Territory Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025 A2025-4 An Act to amend the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005 The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Section 1 page 2 Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025 A2025-4 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 1 Name of Act This Act is the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025. 2 Commencement This Act commences 3 months after its notification day. Note The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)). 3 Legislation amended This Act amends the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005. 4 Review date A legislative review is to be presented by the ACT Attorney-General that ensures relevant stakeholders are adequately consulted and also the potential expansion of ‘child-related employment’ to other legal professionals and other professions. This is to be tabled by the last sitting day of 2025. 5 What is child-related employment? New section 124 (1) (sa) insert (sa) legal services related to a child, provided by Legal Aid ACT; Examples 1 providing advice to a child 2 representing a child in a legal matter 3 representing a person in a proceeding where a child is a witness 6 Section 124 (2), new definition of Legal Aid ACT insert Legal Aid ACT—see the Legal Aid Act 1977, section 94 (Commission to operate as Legal Aid ACT).

A2025-4 Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2025 page 3 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Endnotes 1 Presentation speech Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 6 February 2025. 2 Notification Notified under the Legislation Act on 14 March 2025. 3 Republications of amended laws For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au. I certify that the above is a true copy of the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 6 March 2025. Clerk of the Legislative Assembly © Australian Capital Territory 2025