Power to take photographs
40 Power to take photographs
An authorised person receiving a report made in person under this Part may require the reportable offender —
to be photographed; and
to expose any part of the reportable offender’s body to enable that part of the body to be photographed by the authorised person or a person authorised by the authorised person.
An authorised person cannot, under subsection (1), require a reportable offender to expose their genitals, the anal area of their buttocks or, in the case of females, or persons identifying as female, their breasts.
An authorised person may photograph any premises or vehicle included in the personal details reported by a reportable offender under this Part.
Subsection (3) does not confer a power on an authorised person to enter any premises or vehicle.
[Section 40 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 17; No. 31 of 2024 s. 26.]
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