Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004

In this section —

includes a photograph or digital image of the offender; but

does not include any details that the offender reports under section 26(1)(e) or any other details that would identify a child.

The Commissioner may publish any or all of the personal details of a reportable offender, other than a reportable offender who is a child, if —

the Commissioner is satisfied that the reportable offender —

has failed to comply with any of the offender’s reporting obligations; or

in purported compliance with Part 3, has provided information that is false or misleading in a material particular;

the reportable offender’s whereabouts are not known to the Commissioner.

The Commissioner may at any time —

remove any or all of the personal details of a reportable offender from the website on which they are published under subsection (2); or

again publish under subsection (2) any or all of the personal details of the reportable offender after their removal under paragraph (a).

If —

the Commissioner has published any personal details of a reportable offender under subsection (2); and

the reportable offender subsequently reports the offender’s whereabouts to the Commissioner under Part 3,