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Amendments to the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 were passed through all stages under urgency on Wednesday evening with support from every party except the Greens.
On 9 February, the Supreme Court ruled the 2016 Act was not clear when it came to people who committed an offence before it came into force but were convicted and sentenced after that time.
It resulted in hundreds of individuals being removed from the register.
The Act now applies to all individuals who have committed a qualifying child sex offence, regardless of when the offence occurred.
During the amendment bill s first reading, Police Minister Poto Williams said the government must ensure those who had been removed are put back onto the register and monitored by police.
The police minister is defending a law change, to add more people to the sex offenders register
The police minister is defending a law change, to add more people to the sex offenders register 18 March 2021
The Government has pushed through an urgent change to the Child Protection Act after discovering an error with the original law had left some people off the register.
Critics say the register does nothing more than feed public hysteria.
But Police Minister Poto Williams says fixing the law will help keep people safe.
She says the impact of sexual abuse on children is devastating and the Government is trying to keep people safe.
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