Terms used
85A Terms used
In this Part —
HRO supervision order means a supervision order under the High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020;
locality, of a person, means a description of the general locality, such as the town or suburb, in which the person resides;
photograph includes a digital image;
publish, except in section 85M, means make available for inspection by members of the public on a website maintained by the Commissioner;
serious sexual offence means —
an offence specified in the High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 Schedule 1, other than an offence under —
the Bush Fires Act 1954 section 32; or
the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 59; or
the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 section 75B(1), 75B(2), 75BA(1) or 75BA(2); or
The Criminal Code section 279, 280, 281, 283, 294, 297, 304(2), 332, 333, 338E, 343 392, 393, 444 or 445A;
or
an offence under a written law that has been repealed, if the offender’s acts or omissions that constituted the offence under the repealed provision would constitute a serious sexual offence under paragraph (a); or
an offence of conspiracy, attempt or incitement to commit an offence that is a serious sexual offence under paragraph (a) or (b); or
an offence against the law of the Commonwealth or of any place outside Western Australia, if the offender’s acts or omissions that constituted the offence under that law would constitute a serious sexual offence under paragraph (a) or (c); or
an offence against the law of the Commonwealth if —
the offence is of a sexual nature; and
the penalty for the offence specified by the law of the Commonwealth is or includes imprisonment for 7 years or more; and
the offence is prescribed to be a serious sexual offence.
[Section 85A inserted: No. 1 of 2012 s. 5; amended: No. 29 of 2020 s. 93; No. 31 of 2023 s. 29; No. 10 of 2023 s. 288; No. 35 of 2024 s. 37.]
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