Child Sex Offenders Registration (Child-Related Work) Amendment Bill 2024 (SA)

South Australia Child Sex Offenders Registration (Child-Related Work) Amendment Bill 2023 A Bill For An Act to amend the Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement Part 2—Amendment of Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006 3 Amendment of section 64—Interpretation 4 Amendment of section 66B—General power of Commissioner to make declaration Schedule 1—Transitional provisions 1 Interpretation 2 Application of section 65 to certain registrable offenders 3 Application of section 66 to persons arrested or reported before commencement 4 Effect of amendment on bail applications

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Sex Offenders Registration (Child-Related Work) Amendment Act 2023. 2—Commencement This Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2—Amendment of Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006 3—Amendment of section 64—Interpretation Section 64(1), definition of child‑related work—after paragraph (k) insert: (ka) businesses or undertakings in which children are employed; 4—Amendment of section 66B—General power of Commissioner to make declaration (1) Section 66B(4)—delete "The" and substitute: Subject to subsection (5a), the (2) Section 66B(5)—delete "The" and substitute: Subject to subsection (5a), the (3) Section 66B—after subsection (5) insert: (5a) If a registrable offender applies for a declaration exempting them from the operation of Part 5 or specified provisions of Part 5 in respect of work that is only child‑related work by virtue of paragraph (ka) of the definition of that term in section 64, subsections (4) and (5) of this section do not apply and the Commissioner may only make the declaration if— (a) the relevant offences were not committed in connection with any child‑related work; and (b) the Commissioner is satisfied that the offender does not pose a risk to the safety and well‑being of children employed in the business or undertaking that constitutes the child‑related work.