COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 80C

COMMUNITY PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING) ACT 2004 - SECT 80C

80C .         Application for change of name by or in respect of reportable offender

        (1)         A reportable offender must not —

            (a)         apply to the WA Registrar to register a change of his or her name under the Registration Act; or

            (b)         apply to an interstate Registrar to register a change of his or her name under a law of another State or a Territory that is the equivalent of the Registration Act,

                without having first obtained the written approval of the Commissioner.

        Penalty: a fine of $12 000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         A person must not in respect of a reportable offender —

            (a)         apply to the WA Registrar to register a change of the reportable offender’s name under the Registration Act; or

            (b)         apply to an interstate Registrar to register a change of the reportable offender’s name under a law of another State or a Territory that is the equivalent of the Registration Act,

                without having first obtained the written approval of the Commissioner.

        Penalty: a fine of $12 000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

        [Section 80C inserted: No. 54 of 2012 s. 23.]