New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDERS REGISTRATION) ACT 2000 - SECT 9C

9C Persons required to report under corresponding Act

(1) This section applies to a person (other than one to whom Division 5 applies) who has been required to report to a corresponding registrar, irrespective of whether the person is a registrable person for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Unless the person has previously complied with the obligation imposed by this section, the person must, within 7 days after entering and remaining in New South Wales, contact (by telephone or another prescribed means) a person nominated by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section.

(3) The contacted nominated person must advise the person whether the person is a registrable person for the purposes of this Act and of any reporting obligations that the person has under this Act.

(4) A person is not guilty of an offence against section 17 because of a failure to comply with the reporting obligations imposed by subsection (2) if the person:

(a) is not a registrable person for the purposes of this Act, or

(b) has not been notified of that reporting obligation, or

(c) does not remain in New South Wales for 14 or more consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody, or

(d) reports in accordance with section 9A.