Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2017


Queensland Crest

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2017.

2Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2015.

3Amendment of s 1 (Short title)

Section 1, ‘Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2015’—
omit, insert—

Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Regulation 2015

4Amendment of s 5 (Change of travel plans while out of Queensland to be given—Act, s 21(3))

Section 5(2)—
omit, insert—
(2)For section 21(3)(b) of the Act, the reportable offender may also make the report—
(a)by mail; or
(b)by telephone to a telephone number approved by the police commissioner; or
(c)by an approved electronic reporting method.
(3)In this section—
approved electronic reporting method means a method of reporting using an electronic system approved by the police commissioner.

Example of method using an electronic system—

online through a secure website administered by the Queensland Police Service

5Replacement of s 14 (Notice to be given to reportable offender—Act, s 54(7))

Section 14—
omit, insert—

14Notice to be given to reportable offender—Act, s 54

(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 54(7) of the Act.
(2)The police commissioner must give the offender a notice that includes the offender’s reporting period when a reportable offender reports the offender’s personal details to the police commissioner.
(3)However, subsection (2) does not apply if the police commissioner has previously given the offender a notice under subsection (2).

6Amendment of s 20 (Transitional provision)

(1)Section 20—
insert—
(3A)A reference in a document to the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Regulation 2015 is taken, if the context permits, to be a reference to this regulation.
(2)Section 20(3A) and (4)—
renumber as section 20(4) and (5).