What the official record says
This Act is the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender ) Act . This Act comes into force . The purpose of this Act is to establish a Child Sex Offender Register that will reduce sexual reoffending against child victims, and the risk posed by serious child sex offenders, by— providing government agencies with the information needed to monitor child sex offenders in the community, including after the completion of the sentence; and providing up-to-date information that assists the Police to more rapidly resolve cases of child sexual offending. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— has the meaning given in means a person appointed by the Commissioner under means a person under the age of 16 years , , and have the meanings given in means the Commissioner of Police has the meaning