High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020 (WA)

Western Australia High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020 Western Australia High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Relevant agencies 1 4. Serious offences (s. 5) 1 Notes Compilation table 4 High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020

1. Citation These regulations are the High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows — (a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; (b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3. Relevant agencies Each of the following is designated as a relevant agency — (a) the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Children and Community Services Act 2004; (b) the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Prisons Act 1981; (c) the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Sentence Administration Act 2003; (d) the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Victims of Crime Act 1994.

4. Serious offences (s. 5) Each offence specified in the Table is prescribed for the purposes of section 5(5) to be a serious offence. Table Item Provision Description of offence Offences under The Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Commonwealth) 1. s. 272.15 "Grooming" child to engage in sexual activity outside Australia 2. s. 272.15A "Grooming" person to make it easier to engage in sexual activity with a child outside Australia 3. s. 273A.1 Possession of child‑like sex dolls etc. 4. s. 474.19 (as in force immediately before 21 September 2019) Using a carriage service for child pornography material 5. s. 474.22 Using a carriage service for child abuse material 6. s. 474.22A Possessing or controlling child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service 7. s. 474.23A Conduct for the purposes of electronic service used for child abuse material 8. s. 474.24A Aggravated offence — offence involving conduct on 3 or more occasions and 2 or more people 9. s. 474.25B Aggravated offence — using a carriage service for sexual activity with person under 16 years of age 10. s. 474.25C Using a carriage service to prepare or plan to cause harm to, engage in sexual activity with, or procure for sexual activity, persons under 16 11. s. 474.26 Using a carriage service to procure persons under 16 years of age 12. s. 474.27 Using a carriage service to "groom" persons under 16 years of age 13. s. 474.27AA Using a carriage service to "groom" another person to make it easier to procure persons under 16 years of age 14. s. 474.27A Using a carriage service to transmit indecent communication to person under 16 years of age