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SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 61A Chief Commissioner of Police may publish information if registrable offender cannot be

SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 61A

Chief Commissioner of Police may publish information if registrable offender cannot be

located

    (1)     Subject to sections 61B and 61C, the Chief Commissioner of Police may publish, on an Internet site maintained by the Chief Commissioner, information about a registrable offender if—

        (a)     the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the registrable offender—

              (i)     has failed to comply with the registrable offender's reporting obligations; or

              (ii)     in purported compliance with the registrable offender's reporting obligations, has reported details that are false or misleading in any particular; and

        (b)     the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that publishing the information may—

              (i)     assist police in locating the registrable offender; or

              (ii)     protect the sexual safety of the community; and

        (c)     the registrable offender's whereabouts are not known to the Chief Commissioner.

    (2)     The Chief Commissioner of Police may publish under subsection (1)—

        (a)     personal information about a registrable offender, including—

              (i)     any photographs of the registrable offender; and

              (ii)     subject to section 61C(4), information reported by the registrable offender under this Part; and

        (b)     information disclosing that the registrable offender is a registrable offender.

S. 61B inserted by No. 21/2016 s. 11.