26Additional matters to be provided

26 Additional matters to be provided (1) If a report is required to be made in person, the person making the report must also— (a) present for inspection the registrable offender's driver licence (if any) or any other form of identification or other document specified by the regulations for the purposes of this section to verify or support details in the report; and (b) provide a photograph of the registrable offender's head and face of a type suitable for use in an Australian passport; and (c) if not the registrable offender, present for inspection his or her driver licence (if any) or any other form of identification specified by the regulations for the purposes of this section. S. 26(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 154.3(a)). (2) The police officer receiving the report may waive the requirements of subsection (1)(a) or (b) if the police officer— S. 26(2)(a) amended by No. 55/2025 s. 67. (a) takes the fingerprints, or a fingerscan, of the registrable offender immediately before or after the report is made and, in the case of a child, does so in the presence of a parent of the child or, if a parent is not available, an independent person; or (b) is otherwise satisfied as to the registrable offender's identity. S. 26(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 154.3(a)). (3) The police officer receiving the report may waive the requirements of subsection (1)(c) if he or she is otherwise satisfied as to the person's identity. S. 26(4) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 154.3(b)). (4) The police officer receiving a report may copy any document presented to the police officer for inspection under subsection (1)(a) or (c). (5) If a report is made otherwise than in person, the regulations may specify— (a) the circumstances in which— (i) information concerning the identity of the registrable offender and the identity of the person making the report; and (ii) a document verifying or supporting details in the report— are required; and (b) the manner in which that information or document is to be provided— but may not require an original document to be provided.