Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DANGEROUS SEXUAL OFFENDERS ACT 2006 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006	1 of 2006	30 Mar 2006	13 May 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 12 May 2006 p. 1781)
Dangerous Sexual Offenders Amendment Act 2011	3 of 2011	1 Mar 2011	s. 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2011 (see s. 2(a); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 2 Mar 2011 (see s. 2(b))

^1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 3 Div. 2 2	1 of 2012	15 Mar 2012	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

² On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 3 Div. 2 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

Division 2 — Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006 amended

9. Act amended

This Division amends the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006.

10. Section 18 amended

After section 18(2) insert:

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the supervision order may provide that the photograph and locality of the person are not to be published under the Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 section 85G.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
chief executive officer 3(1)
commencement day Sch. 1, cl. 1(1)
commit a serious sexual offence 3(1)
community 3(1)
community corrections officer 3(1)
continuing detention order 3(1)
criminal record 3(1)
Division 2 continuing detention order 3(1)
Division 2 order 3(1)
Division 4 continuing detention order 3(1)
DPP 3(1)
offender 3(1), 8(1)
pending proceedings 24A(1)
preliminary hearing 3(1)
protected person 46A(1)
psychiatrist 3(1)
serious danger to the community 3(1)
serious sexual offence 3(1)
supervision order 3(1)
under sentence of imprisonment 3(1)