COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 44

COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 44

44 .         Suspension and extension of reporting obligations

        (1)         Any obligation imposed on a reportable offender by this Part is suspended for any period during which he or she —

            (a)         is in government custody; or

            (b)         is outside Western Australia, unless he or she is a person to whom Division 10 applies or the obligation is under section 30(4) or 31; or

            (c)         is the subject of an order made under Division 6 (or an equivalent order in a foreign jurisdiction); or

            (d)         is the subject of an approval granted by the Commissioner under Division 7.

        (2)         The period for which a reportable offender’s reporting obligations continue is extended by any length of time for which those obligations are suspended under subsection (1)(a).

        (3)         If a child protection order is made under section 90 in respect of a reportable offender whose reporting obligations would (apart from this subsection) expire during the period that the reportable offender is subject to the order, the reportable offender must continue to comply with those obligations until the expiry of that period.

        (4)         If a child protection order is made under section 90 in respect of a reportable offender whose reporting obligations have expired —

            (a)         the reportable offender is taken, for the purposes of this Part, to have been sentenced for a reportable offence; and

            (b)         the reportable offender must continue to comply with the reporting obligations imposed by this Part until the expiry of the period during which he or she is subject to the order.

        [Section 44 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 42(3).]