❓ This WA parliamentary question concerns the inclusion of child pornographers on the sex offender register, specifically focusing on the powers of the Commissioner of Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions under relevant legislation. There is disagreement on whether convictions after the act's passage can lead to inclusion on the register.
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I ask a supplementary question. Did the Premier not say that the Commissioner of Police could include child pornographers on the sex offender register? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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I said that the Commissioner of Police could apply to the District Court. I indicated also that, as I understand it, the Director of Public Prosecutions has those powers under that legislation. Mr M.J. Birney : You can’t do it if you are convicted today, only prior to the act being passed. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I said that the Commissioner of Police could apply to the District Court. I indicated also that, as I understand it, the Director of Public Prosecutions has those powers under that legislation. Mr M.J. Birney : You can’t do it if you are convicted today, only prior to the act being passed. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
I said that the Commissioner of Police could apply to the District Court. I indicated also that, as I understand it, the Director of Public Prosecutions has those powers under that legislation. Mr M.J. Birney : You can’t do it if you are convicted today, only prior to the act being passed. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mr M.J. Birney : You can’t do it if you are convicted today, only prior to the act being passed. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I said that the Commissioner of Police could apply to the District Court. I indicated also that, as I understand it, the Director of Public Prosecutions has those powers under that legislation. Mr M.J. Birney : You can’t do it if you are convicted today, only prior to the act being passed. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
I said that the Commissioner of Police could apply to the District Court. I indicated also that, as I understand it, the Director of Public Prosecutions has those powers under that legislation. Mr M.J. Birney : You can’t do it if you are convicted today, only prior to the act being passed. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mr M.J. Birney : You can’t do it if you are convicted today, only prior to the act being passed. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Section 13. Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mr M.J. Birney : That section doesn’t refer to the police commissioner. Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : No, it doesn’t, but that is how someone can go on the register now.
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