COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 29
COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 29
29 . Reportable offender to report changes to relevant personal details
(1) A reportable
offender must report to the Commissioner any change in his or her personal
details —
(a) if
subsection (2)(a) or (b) applies to the change, within 24 hours after that
change occurs; or
(b)
otherwise, within 7 days after that change occurs.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), a change occurs —
(a) in
the place where the reportable offender or a child generally resides; or
(b) as
to when the reportable offender has unsupervised contact with a child; or
(ca) as
to when the reportable offender is present at a place; or
(c) in
the place where the reportable offender is generally employed; or
(d) in
the motor vehicle that the reportable offender generally drives,
only on the expiry of
the relevant 7 day period referred to in section 26(2)(a), (da), (d) or (e) or
the relevant 3 day period referred to in section 26(2)(b), (c) or (db).
(3) If the personal
details of a reportable offender (other than one to whom Division 10 applies)
change while he or she is not in Western Australia, he or she must report the
change to the Commissioner within 7 days after entering Western Australia.
(4) A person does not
commit an offence against section 63 because of a failure to comply with the
reporting obligation imposed by subsection (3) if he or she does not remain in
Western Australia for 14 or more consecutive days, not counting any days spent
in government custody.
(5) A reportable
offender who is in government custody for 14 or more consecutive days must
report his or her personal details to the Commissioner —
(a)
within 7 days after ceasing to be in government custody; or
(b)
before leaving Western Australia, if he or she leaves within that 7 day
period.
[Section 29 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 14.]