Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 13A

13A Application

(1) The police commissioner may apply to a court for a prohibition order for a person if the police commissioner believes, on reasonable grounds, the person—

(a) is a relevant sexual offender; and

(b) has engaged in concerning conduct.

(2) The application must be in the approved form and must state—

(a) the particulars of each conviction of the respondent for a reportable offence committed against a child; and

(b) the particulars of the concerning conduct the respondent is alleged to have engaged in; and

(c) when the respondent is alleged to have engaged in the concerning conduct; and

(d) the conduct of the respondent proposed to be prohibited under the prohibition order, including the conditions sought by the police commissioner.

(3) In this section—

"concerning conduct" means an act or omission, or a course of conduct, the nature or pattern of which poses a risk to the safety or wellbeing of 1 or more children, or of children generally, and may include the following—

(a) conduct that constitutes an offence;

(b) conduct that is a single act or omission.

Examples—

• loitering at or near a park fitted with playground equipment regularly used by children

• seeking employment or volunteer work that will involve the employee coming into contact with children, including, for example, door-to-door sales or collecting

• living near a school

• living in a household with children under 16 years