Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 67D

67D Reportable offenders may apply for suspension of reporting obligations

(1) The reportable offender may apply, in writing, to the police commissioner for a suspension of the offender’s reporting obligations.

(2) If the reportable offender is a child or an adult for whom a legal guardian has been appointed, the offender’s parent or guardian may apply for the offender.

(3) The reportable offender’s reporting obligations are not suspended only because the application is made.

(4) The police commissioner must decide whether to grant or refuse the application as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the application.

(5) The police commissioner may grant the application only if satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that—

(a) the reportable offender does not pose a risk to the lives or sexual safety of 1 or more children, or of children generally; and

(b) if the reportable offender has a cognitive or physical impairment—the impairment is a significant impairment; and

(c) if the offender has a mental illness—the illness is a significant mental illness.

(6) The police commissioner must give written notice of the grant or refusal of the application to the reportable offender as soon as reasonably practicable.

(7) A suspension of the reportable offender’s reporting obligations takes effect when the commissioner gives the notice to the reportable offender.