Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004, the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 and the Acts mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes, and to repeal the Child Protection (Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2008 The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017.

2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 July 2017.

Part 2 Amendment of Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004

3 Act amended This part amends the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004.

4 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) Section 1, 'Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004'— omit, insert— Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004

5 Amendment of s 3 (Purpose of this Act) (1) Section 3, heading, 'Purpose'— omit, insert— Purposes (2) Section 3(1)— omit, insert— (1) Parliament recognises that any risk to the lives or sexual safety of 1 or more children, or of children generally, is unacceptable. (1A) The purposes of this Act are— (a) to provide for the protection of the lives of children and their sexual safety; and (b) to require particular offenders who commit sexual, or particular other serious, offences against children to keep police informed of the offender's whereabouts and other personal details for a period of time after the offender's release into the community— (i) to reduce the likelihood that the offender will re-offend; and (ii) to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of any future offences that the offender may commit. (3) Section 3(2)— insert— (f) provides for the making of orders prohibiting particular offenders who commit sexual, or particular other serious, offences against children from engaging in conduct posing a risk to the lives or sexual safety of 1 or more children, or of children generally.