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When report must be made

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Part 3Reporting obligations
Division 1Initial report

24 When report must be made

(1)

Subject to subsection (2A), a reportable offender of a kind referred to in column 1 of the Table to this subsection must report the offender’s personal details to the Commissioner within the period specified in column 2 of the Table.

Table

Column 1
Reportable offender

Column 2
Period for initial report

A reportable offender (other than a corresponding reportable offender) who enters government custody in Western Australia on or after the commencement day as a consequence of having been sentenced for a reportable offence and who ceases to be in government custody while in Western Australia

Within 7 days after the offender ceases to be in government custody

A reportable offender (other than a corresponding reportable offender) in government custody in Western Australia immediately before the commencement day and who ceases to be in government custody while in Western Australia

Within 60 days after the commencement day or 7 days after the offender ceases to be in government custody, whichever is the later

A reportable offender (other than a corresponding reportable offender) who is in Western Australia on the commencement day, but who is not in government custody at that time

Within 60 days after the commencement day or, if the offender is given written notice of the offender’s reporting obligations within 53 days after that day, within 7 days after the offender is given that notice

Any other reportable offender who is sentenced in Western Australia for a reportable offence

Within 7 days after the offender is sentenced

A reportable offender who enters Western Australia from a foreign jurisdiction and who has not previously been required under this section to report the offender’s personal details to the Commissioner

Within 14 days after entering Western Australia, if remaining in Western Australia for 14 or more consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody

A corresponding reportable offender who has not previously reported the offender’s personal details to the Commissioner and who is in Western Australia on the date on which the offender becomes a corresponding reportable offender

Within 7 days after the offender becomes a corresponding reportable offender or 7 days after the offender ceases to be in government custody, whichever is the later

(2A)

A reportable offender who must comply with the reporting obligations of this Act because of the making of a reporting order must report the offender’s personal details to the Commissioner —

(a)

within 7 days after the order is made; or

(b)

if the offender is in government custody — within 7 days after ceasing to be in government custody.

(2)

Despite subsections (1) and (2A), a reportable offender must report the offender’s personal details to the Commissioner before leaving Western Australia unless the offender entered Western Australia from a foreign jurisdiction and remained in Western Australia for less than 14 consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody.

[Section 24 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 12; No. 31 of 2024 s. 28; No. 35 of 2024 s. 13.]

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