Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004

A reportable offender must report to the Commissioner any change in the offender’s personal details —

if the change relates to any of the details referred to in section 26(1)(d), within 24 hours after the change occurs; or

if the change relates to any of the details referred to in section 26(1)(f) or (h), within 3 days after the change occurs; or

otherwise, within 7 days after the change occurs.

For the purposes of subsection (1), a change occurs on the expiry of the 3 day period referred to in section 26(2)(a), (d) or (e) in relation to —

the premises that the reportable offender resides at, owns, rents, controls or manages; or

the premises where the reportable offender is generally employed; or

the motor vehicle that the reportable offender generally drives.

For the purposes of subsection (1), a change occurs in a reportable offender’s personal details relating to sex or gender only if —

the registration of the offender’s sex or gender under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 or a corresponding law (as defined in section 4 of that Act) is changed; or

a document is issued under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 section 36ZA or a corresponding law (as defined in section 4 of that Act) for the purpose of acknowledging the offender’s sex or gender.

If the personal details of a reportable offender (other than one to whom Division 10 applies) change while the offender is not in Western Australia, the offender must report the change to the Commissioner within 7 days after entering Western Australia.

A person does not commit an offence against section 63 because of a failure to comply with the reporting obligation imposed by subsection (3) if the person does not remain in Western Australia for 14 or more consecutive days, not counting any days spent in government custody.

A reportable offender who is in government custody for 14 or more consecutive days must report the offender’s personal details to the Commissioner —

within 7 days after ceasing to be in government custody; or

before leaving Western Australia, if the offender leaves within that 7 day period.

Despite a reporting obligation in this section, a reportable offender is not required to report a change under this section that relates to reportable contact with a child referred to in section 26(1)(e).