Queensland Consolidated Acts

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

13S Giving respondent copy of offender prohibition order dealt with in respondent’s absence

(1) This section applies if a magistrate or court makes, varies or revokes an offender prohibition order in the respondent’s absence.

(2) A police officer must serve the respondent with the documents mentioned in subsections (3) and (4) .

Note—

For further provisions about service, see section 13ZL .

(3) In each case, the respondent must be served with a copy of the order making, varying or revoking the offender prohibition order.

(4) Also, if the magistrate or court makes an offender prohibition order, the respondent must be served with—

(a) a notice stating that, if a law of another jurisdiction provides for registration of the offender prohibition order under corresponding provisions, the offender prohibition order may be registered in the other jurisdiction; and

(b) if the respondent was not a reportable offender immediately before the offender prohibition order was made—an initial reporting obligations notice in relation to the respondent as a reportable offender.

(5) Also, for a child respondent, the police commissioner must, as soon as practicable after the magistrate or court makes, varies or revokes the offender prohibition order, give a copy of the court’s or magistrate’s order to—

(a) the chief executive (child safety), if the offender prohibition order is likely to result in the child respondent needing to change the child respondent’s place of residence; and

(b) a parent of the child respondent, if the police commissioner is able to find a parent of the child respondent after making reasonable attempts.

(6) Failure to comply with any of subsections (2) to (5) does not affect the validity of the offender prohibition order.

(7) In this section—

"corresponding provisions" means provisions corresponding to division 2 .