Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 73

73 Reportable offender’s rights in relation to register

(1) If asked to do so by a reportable offender, the police commissioner must give the offender a copy of all the reportable information that is held in the register in relation to the offender.

(2) The police commissioner must comply with subsection (1) as soon as practicable after being asked to do so.

(3) However, despite subsections (1) and (2) , the police commissioner must not give the offender a copy of reportable information, or other information, held in the register that may identify a child with whom the offender has had reportable contact, other than—

(a) the first initial of the child’s first and last names; and

(b) the date of the reportable contact.

Note—

See schedule 2 , item 6 for the reportable information held in the register about a child with whom the offender has had reportable contact.

(4) A reportable offender may ask the police commissioner to amend any reportable information held on the register in relation to the offender that is incorrect.

(5) The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (4) on being satisfied that the information is incorrect.

(6) A request may be made under subsection (1) or (4) for a reportable offender by another person only if the other person has been authorised in writing by the reportable offender to make the request.

(7) In this section—

"reportable information" means any information given to the police commissioner by, or on behalf of, the reportable offender that the offender is required to report to the police commissioner and that is still held in the register.