COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 37

COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 37

37 .         Receipt of information to be acknowledged

        (1)         As soon as is practicable after receiving a report under Division 1, the authorised person receiving the report must acknowledge the making of the report.

        (2)         The acknowledgment must be in writing, must be given to the person who made the report and must include —

            (a)         the name and signature of the authorised person who received the report; and

            (b)         the date and time when, and the place where, the report was received; and

            (c)         a copy of the information that was reported in accordance with this Part.

        (3)         If a report under this Part is made otherwise than in person, the authorised person who received the report must as soon as is practicable —

            (a)         give the person making the report a unique reference number; and

            (b)         record that number on the relevant reportable offender’s file and, if applicable, on the acknowledgment.

        (4)         The Commissioner may make an agreement with the reportable offender as to the manner in which any reference number or acknowledgment required to be given by this section may be given.

        (5)         The Commissioner must ensure —

            (a)         that there is a method of recording an agreement made under subsection (4); and

            (b)         that a copy of the agreement is given to the reportable offender; and

            (c)         that, except with the written consent of the reportable offender, any reference number or acknowledgment required to be given by this section is given in accordance with the agreement while the agreement remains in force.

        (6)         The Commissioner must ensure that a copy of every acknowledgment is retained.

        [Section 37 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 15.]