Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 77D

77D Proof of knowledge of order conditions

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) an issue is raised in a proceeding of whether a respondent for an offender prohibition order or registered corresponding order knew about a particular condition of the order alleged to have been contravened; and

(b) there is evidence that the respondent only knew of the existence of the order because a police officer told the respondent about its existence.

(2) The respondent can not be convicted unless it is proved that the police officer told the respondent about the particular condition.

(3) In this section—

"police officer" , in relation to a registered corresponding order, includes a member of the police force of the jurisdiction where the corresponding order was made.