Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 - SECT 17

Registrable offender must report changes to relevant personal details

17. Registrable offender must report changes to relevant personal details



(1) A registrable offender must report to the Chief Commissioner of Police any
change in his or her personal details (other than the personal details to
which section 14(2)(b) or (2)(c) applies) within 14 days after that change
occurs.

(1A) A registrable offender must report to the Chief Commissioner of Police
any change in his or her personal details to which section 14(2)(b) or (2)(c)
applies within 3 days after that change occurs.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) or (1A), a change occurs in the
premises or household where the registrable offender or a child generally
resides, or as to when the registrable offender has unsupervised contact with
a child, or in the premises where the registrable offender is generally
employed, or the motor vehicle that he or she generally drives, only on the
expiry of the relevant period referred to in section 14(2).

(3) If the personal details of a registrable offender (other than one to whom
Division 9 applies) change while he or she is not in Victoria, he or she must
report the change to the Chief Commissioner of Police within 14 days after
entering and remaining in Victoria for 14 or more consecutive days, not
counting any days spent in government custody.

Note Under section 32, certain reporting obligations of a registrable offender
are suspended while he or she is out of Victoria unless Division 9 applies to
him or her.

(4) A registrable offender who is in government custody for 14 or more
consecutive days must report his or her personal details to the Chief
Commissioner of Police-

   (a)  within 28 days after he or she ceases to be in government custody; or

   (b)  before leaving Victoria-

whichever is the sooner.