Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004

A reportable offender has reportable contact with a child if the offender has contact with the child when the offender —

supervises or cares for the child; or

visits or stays at a household where the child is present; or

gives their contact details to the child or receives the child’s contact details; or

befriends or attempts to befriend the child.

For the purposes of this section, contact with a child by a reportable offender includes any of the following —

the offender having physical contact with the child;

the offender being in very close physical proximity to the child;

the offender communicating with the child (including oral or written communication or communication that takes place by mail, in person, by telephone or by electronic means).