New Registration Requirements for Offenders Committing Crimes Against Children (Offender Registration)

Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Amendment Bill 2024

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

People who use intoxicating substances to commit indictable offences against children must register.
People armed with intent to commit indictable offences against children must register.
People who commit war crimes involving forced pregnancy or enforced disappearance of children must register.
People who intend to cause grievous bodily harm to a child must register.
People who commit kidnapping or child abduction must register.
People who distribute intimate images of a child without consent must register.
People who kidnap children must register as offenders.
People who distribute intimate images of children without consent must register.
People who intend to cause grievous bodily harm to children must register.
People who use intoxicating substances or weapons to commit indictable offences against children must register.
People who commit war crimes involving forced pregnancy or enforced disappearance of children must register.
People acting under common purpose to commit these offences must also register.

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