Queensland Consolidated Acts

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

67FB Reasonable excuse defence for contravening offender prohibition order

When deciding whether a respondent had a reasonable excuse for contravening section 67FA (1) or (4) , the court must have regard to—

(a) the respondent’s age; and

(b) whether the respondent had, at the time of the contravention, a disability that affected the respondent’s ability to understand, or to comply with, the offender prohibition order or registered corresponding order; and

(c) whether the form of notice given to the respondent about the offender prohibition order or registered corresponding order was adequate to inform the respondent of the respondent’s obligations under the order, having regard to the respondent’s circumstances; and

(d) any other matter the court considers appropriate.