Vol. 152, No. 3 — February 7, 2018

Registration

SOR/2018-4 January 23, 2018

SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION REGISTRATION ACT

The Lieutenant Governor in Council of Prince Edward Island, pursuant to subsection 18(1) (see footnote a) of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act (see footnote b), makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Prince Edward Island Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations.

Regulations Amending the Prince Edward Island Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations

Amendments

1 The Prince Edward Island Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations (see footnote 1) are amended by adding the following after section 1:

Report and Notification by Telephone

1.1 (1) A sex offender whose main residence is located in the Province of Prince Edward Island may make any report required under paragraph 4.1(1)(a) or (b) or section 4.3 of the Act, or provide any notification required under section 6 of the Act, by telephone.

(2) For greater certainty, subsection (1) does not remove the requirement for the sex offender to report in person under paragraph 4.1(1)(c) of the Act.

2 Section 2 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

2 The following persons are authorized in the Province of Prince Edward Island to collect information for the purposes of the Act:

3 Section 4 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

4 The RCMP “L” Division headquarters located at 450 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Queens County, is designated as a registration centre in the Province of Prince Edward Island, and its designated area of service is the entire province.

Coming into Force

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Prince Edward Island Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations to change the means by which a report or notification may be made under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, to change who is authorized to collect information for the purposes of that Act and to change the designated registration centre.