Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations (Canadian Forces) (SOR/2008-247)

Interpretation

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

military police

military police does not include the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service. (police militaire)

Office of the Provost Marshal

Office of the Provost Marshal means the Office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal located at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. (bureau du grand prévôt)

sex offender

sex offender has the same meaning as in subsection 3(1) of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act. (délinquant sexuel)

Application

2 These Regulations apply to a sex offender who is subject to the Code of Service Discipline or who is an officer, or non-commissioned member, of the primary reserve.

Registration Centres

• 3 (1) For the purpose of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, the following places are designated as registration centres:

  • (a) in Canada,

    • (i) the Office of the Provost Marshal, and

    • (ii) the place located on each defence establishment set out in the schedule that serves as the station of the military police; and

  • (b) outside Canada, each place that serves as the station of military police that carry out law enforcement operations.

• (2) A registration centre serves any sex offender to whom these Regulations apply.

Means of Reporting and Notification

Reporting

First Report

4 For the purpose of subsection 4(3) of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, the first report by a sex offender under that Act shall be in person.

Subsequent Report

• 5 (1) For the purpose of subsection 4.1(2) of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, a report by a sex offender under paragraph 4.1(1)(a) or (b) of that Act shall be in person or by telephone, facsimile or electronic mail.

• (2) For the purpose of subsection 4.1(2) of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, a report by a sex offender under paragraph 4.1(1)(c) of that Act shall be in person.

Notification

6 For the purpose of section 6 of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, any notification that a sex offender is required to provide under that section shall be in person or by telephone, facsimile or electronic mail.

Persons Authorized to Collect Information

7 For the purpose of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, the following persons are authorized to collect information in relation to sex offenders to whom these Regulations apply:

• (a) a member of the military police; and

• (b) a person employed by the military police or the Office of the Provost Marshal, whose duties include the collection of information under that Act.

Persons Authorized to Register Information

8 For the purpose of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, any person who is authorized under section 7 to collect information is authorized to register information in relation to sex offenders to whom these Regulations apply.

Designated Class of Operations

9 All operations that involve a unit or other element of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command are designated for the purpose of subsection 227.16(1) of the National Defence Act.

Coming into Force

Footnote ^*10 These Regulations come into force on the day on which An Act to amend the National Defence Act, the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the Criminal Records Act, chapter 5 of the Statutes of Canada, 2007, comes into force, but if these Regulations are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Regulations in force September 12, 2008, see SI/2008-93.]