Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2005

The details the reportable offender must report are – his or her name, together with any other name by which he or she is, or has previously been, known; and in respect of each name other than his or her current name, the period during which he or she was known by that other name; and any application he or she has made, or intends to make, to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for a change of details; and his or her date of birth; and the address of each of the premises at which he or she generally resides; and the names and ages of any children with whom he or she engages in any form of direct or indirect communication for the purpose of inviting any further communication or contact with the child; and the address of any premises to which he or she has unrestricted access for the purposes of storing any item or for any other purpose; and the names and ages of any children with whom he or she has reportable contact; and details of his or her parental status, including whether or not a partner or the reportable offender is pregnant; and the name and address of the school or child care facility attended by any child with whom he or she has reportable contact; and details of the existence of any family law court order that involves a child with whom he or she has reportable contact; and if he or she is employed – the nature of his or her employment; and the name of his or her employer (if any); and the address of each of the premises at which he or she is generally employed or, if he or she is not generally employed at any particular premises, the name of each of the localities in which he or she is generally employed; and details of his or her affiliation with any club or organisation that has members who are children or that conducts activities in which children participate; and the make, model, colour and registration number of any motor vehicle, boat, caravan, motorhome, jet ski, or other vehicle, owned by, or generally driven by, him or her; and details of any tattoos or permanent distinguishing marks (including details of any tattoo or mark that has been removed) and any surgery or cosmetic procedure which has significantly altered his or her appearance; and details of any internet service provider or provider of a carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 of the Commonwealth) used, or intended to be used, by the person; and details of the type of any internet connection used, or intended to be used, by the person, including whether the connection is a wireless, broadband, asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), satellite or dial-up connection; and details of any email addresses, internet user names, instant messaging user names, chat room user names or any other user name or identity used, or intended to be used, by the person through the internet or other electronic communication service and any passwords associated with each of these; and details of any passwords, codes or other information or assistance required to enable the Registrar, or a police officer of a class authorised in writing by the Registrar, to gain access to data stored on any computer, mobile telephone or other electronic device capable of storing electronic data owned, used, or intended to be used, by the person; and details of any mobile or fixed telephone number used, or intended to be used, by the person; and whether he or she has ever been found guilty in any foreign jurisdiction of a reportable offence or of an offence that required him or her to report to a corresponding registrar or been subject to a corresponding offender reporting order and, if so, where that finding occurred or that order was made; and if he or she has been in government custody since he or she was sentenced or released from government custody (as the case may be) in respect of a reportable offence or corresponding reportable offence, details of when and where that government custody occurred.

A reportable offender must present to the Registrar or an authorised person for inspection all valid passports held by the offender and provide to the Registrar or an authorised person updated details in relation to any of those passports.

A reportable offender must present to the Registrar, or an authorised person, for inspection, any computer, mobile telephone, or other electronic device capable of storing electronic data, owned, used, or intended to be used, by the reportable offender.

For the purposes of this section, a person is taken to be employed if he or she – carries out work under a contract of employment; or carries out work as a self-employed person or as a subcontractor; or carries out work as a volunteer for an organisation; or undertakes practical training as part of an educational or vocational course; or carries out work as a minister of religion or in any other capacity for the purposes of a religious organisation.

For the purposes of this section, a person is taken to be an employer of a reportable offender if the person – arranges, in the course of business, for the reportable offender to be employed by another person; or engages the reportable offender under contract to carry out work.

For the purposes of this Act, a reportable offender is taken to have reportable contact with a child if the reportable offender – generally resides in the same premises as the child, for at least 3 days (whether or not consecutive) in a period of 12 months; or is unsupervised and cares for, or supervises, the child for at least 3 days (whether or not consecutive) in a period of 12 months; or provides his or her contact details to the child or receives the child's contact details from the child; or engages in any of the following with the child for the purpose of inviting any further contact or communication with the child:any form of actual physical contact; any form of oral communication (whether face-to-face, by telephone or by use of the internet); any form of communication made in a document (whether by writing or printing).

The regulations may amend the personal details listed in subsection (1), by omitting personal details listed, amending personal details listed or adding new personal details to that list.