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CHILD SEX OFFENDER REGISTER

203 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15 March 2011).

1. How many people are listed on the Child Sex Offender Register?

2. How many instances of unsupervised contact between a registered sex offender and a child or children have occurred since 1 January 2005?

3. How many instances of unsupervised contact between a registered sex offender and a child or children were reported by SAPOL to the Department for Families and Communities since 1 January 2005?

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Police, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Motor Sport, Minister Assisting the Premier with the Olympic Dam Expansion Project): The South Australia Police (SAPOL) have provided the following information:

As at 3 March 2011, 12,613 registrable persons were recorded on the Australian National Child Sex Offender Register (ANCOR). Of those, 1,293 are recorded in the South Australian section. The 1,293 figure comprises 1,063 people who are currently registered, 60 people who are awaiting registration; and 170 people who are in custody.

Pursuant to the Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006 (the Act), a registrable offender must, as part of their initial and ongoing reporting obligations, report the names and ages of any children who generally reside in the same household or with whom he or she has regular unsupervised contact.

A registered offender can have unsupervised contact with or reside with children for up to 13 days a year and not be required to report that contact. An offender is not generally considered to reside or have unsupervised contact with a child unless they have resided with the child or had unsupervised contact for at least 14 days (whether consecutive or not) in a period of 12 months.

As at 1 March 2011, 384 registered offenders are recorded as having reported that they have a recordable child association. The Act does not require the registered person to report each instance when that association/unsupervised contact will or has occurred.

Recordable child associations are not routinely reported or forwarded to other agencies. The interagency Code of Practice: Investigation of Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect (2009) provides the framework and interagency processes with respect to assessments, interventions and investigations of suspected child abuse and neglect. Police adopt the principles and philosophies of the Code and communicate with other agencies including the Department for Families and Communities when required.

Mandatory Child Abuse Notifications are made by Police to the Department for Families and Communities in accordance with Section 11 of the Act. Notifications are made by Police in circumstances where there is a suspicion on reasonable grounds that a child has been or is being abused or neglected.

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