What we know about child sex offending is that the vast majority of it goes undetected, unreported, unprosecuted in the community, says Jordan Anderson, whose PhD at Victoria University looks at the creation of the register and its impact. This register in New Zealand is solely a register for child sex offences, so we have not registered all sex offenders, we have deemed that sex offenders who have committed offences against children are the ones that need to be registered.
Today on
The Detail, Anderson explains the tragic case of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in 1989 in Minnesota that led to the establishment of a register in the US and triggered legislation to set up registers in other countries, including New Zealand.
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Press Release – New Zealand Government Amendments to the retrospective provisions in the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 will be introduced today. The provisions clarify the intent of Parliament when it passed the Act in 2016 for the Register …
Amendments to the retrospective provisions in the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 will be introduced today.
The provisions clarify the intent of Parliament when it passed the Act in 2016 for the Register to apply to all individuals who have committed a qualifying child sex offence, irrespective of when that offence occurred.
“The urgent amendment to the retrospective provisions of the Act is essential for the wellbeing and safety of children, and their whānau,” Poto Williams said.
Source: New Zealand Government
Amendments to the retrospective provisions in the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 will be introduced today.
The provisions clarify the intent of Parliament when it passed the Act in 2016 for the Register to apply to all individuals who have committed a qualifying child sex offence, irrespective of when that offence occurred.
“The urgent amendment to the retrospective provisions of the Act is essential for the wellbeing and safety of children, and their whānau,” Poto Williams said.
The changes are being made following a New Zealand Supreme Court decision on 9 February 2021, which determined the Act was not clear enough around people who committed an offence before the Act came into force in 2016 under the previous National Government, and were convicted and sentenced after it came into force.
Police forced to remove hundreds from child sex offender register
Police forced to remove hundreds from child sex offender register
Minister of Police Poto Williams. Photo / File
Police forced to remove hundreds from child sex offender register Wed, 17 Mar 2021, 9:43PM
The Government has announced an urgent law change to protect children from predators after a Supreme Court decision forced police to remove hundreds of people from the Child Sex offender Register due to a technicality.
The changes clarify the intent of Parliament when it passed the Child Protection Act in 2016 for the register to apply to everyone who had committed a qualifying child sex offence, irrespective of when the offence occurred.