Restrictions on overseas travel by certain registered offenders
271A.1 Restrictions on overseas travel by certain registered offenders
A person commits an offence if:
the person is an Australian citizen; and
the person’s name is entered on a child protection offender register (however described) of a State or Territory; and
the person has reporting obligations (however described) in connection with that entry on the register; and
the person leaves Australia.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(a).
For absolute liability, see section 6.2.
Subsection (1) does not apply if:
a competent authority (within the meaning of section 12 of the Australian Passports Act 2005 or section 13 of the Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005) has given permission (however described) for the person to leave Australia; or
the reporting obligations of the person are suspended at the time the person leaves Australia.
The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection: see subsection 13.3(3).
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