High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020

High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020

 

High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Relevant agencies1

4.Serious offences (s. 5)1

Notes

Compilation table4

 

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

[Regulation 4 inserted: SL 2020/236 r. 6.]

 

 

Notes

This is a compilation of the High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation

Published

Commencement

High Risk Serious Offenders Regulations 2020

SL 2020/181 25 Sep 2020

r. 1 and 2: 25 Sep 2020 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 26 Sep 2020 (see r. 2(b))

Attorney General Regulations Amendment (High Risk Serious Offenders) Regulations 2020 Pt. 3

SL 2020/236 4 Dec 2020

5 Dec 2020 (see r. 2(b))