COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 32

COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 32

32 .         Reportable offender to report return to Western Australia or decision not to leave

        (1)         This section applies to a reportable offender who was required to report under section 30 that he or she intended to leave Western Australia.

        (2)         If the reportable offender left Western Australia, he or she must report his or her return to Western Australia to the Commissioner within 7 days after entering Western Australia.

        (2a)         If the reportable offender left Western Australia to travel out of Australia, he or she must, in addition to reporting under subsection (2), produce to the Commissioner within 7 days after entering Western Australia —

            (a)         his or her passport; and

            (b)         any other document in his or her possession that contains information indicating where he or she travelled while out of Australia.

        (3)         A person does not commit an offence against section 63 because of a failure to comply with the reporting obligation imposed by subsection (2) or (2a) if he or she does not remain in Western Australia for 14 or more consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody.

        (4)         If the reportable offender decides not to leave Western Australia, he or she must report his or her change of intention to the Commissioner within 7 days after deciding not to leave.

        [Section 32 amended: No. 27 of 2008 s. 8.]