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47 | Notification of changes |
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(1) | A person to whom the notification requirements apply who uses a name that |
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has not previously been notified to the police must notify the police of that |
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(2) | If there is a change of the home address of a person to whom the notification |
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requirements apply, the person must notify the police of the new home |
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(3) | A person to whom the notification requirements apply who resides or stays at |
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premises in the United Kingdom the address of which has previously not been |
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(a) | for a period of 7 days, or |
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(b) | for two or more periods, in any period of 12 months, that taken together |
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(4) | A person to whom the notification requirements apply who is released— |
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(a) | from custody pursuant to an order of a court, |
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(b) | from imprisonment or detention pursuant to a sentence of a court, or |
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(c) | from detention in a hospital, |
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| This does not apply if the person is at the same time required to notify the |
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(5) | A person who is required to notify information within section 46(2)(h) |
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(prescribed information) must notify the police of the prescribed details of any |
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prescribed changes in that information. |
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(6) | In subsection (5) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the |
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| Such regulations are subject to affirmative resolution procedure. |
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(7) | Notification under this section must be made before the end of the period of |
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three days beginning with the day on which the event in question occurs. |
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| Where subsection (3) applies that is the day with which the period referred to |
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in paragraph (a) or (b) (as the case may be) ends. |
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(8) | In determining the period within which notification is to be made under this |
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section, there shall be disregarded any time when the person is— |
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(a) | remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court, |
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(b) | serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention, or |
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(c) | detained in a hospital. |
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(9) | References in this section to previous notification are to previous notification |
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by the person under section 46 (initial notification), this section or section 48 |
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(periodic re-notification). |
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(10) | Notification under this section must be accompanied by re-notification of the |
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other information mentioned in section 46(2). |
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48 | Periodic re-notification |
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(1) | A person to whom the notification requirements apply must, within the period |
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of one year after last notifying the police in accordance with— |
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(a) | section 46 (initial notification), |
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(b) | section 47 (notification of change), or |
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| re-notify to the police the information mentioned in section 46(2). |
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(2) | This does not apply if the period referred to in subsection (1) ends at a time |
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(a) | remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court, |
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(b) | serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention, or |
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(c) | detained in a hospital. |
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(3) | In that case section 47(4) and (10) (duty to notify of release and to re-notify |
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other information) apply when the person is released. |
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49 | Method of notification and related matters |
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(1) | This section applies to notification under— |
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(a) | section 46 (initial notification), |
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(b) | section 47 (notification of change), or |
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(c) | section 48 (periodic re-notification). |
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(2) | Notification must be made by the person— |
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(a) | attending at a police station in the person’s local police area, and |
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(b) | making an oral notification to a police officer or to a person authorised |
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for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station. |
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(3) | A person making a notification under section 47 (notification of change) in |
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relation to premises referred to in subsection (3) of that section may make the |
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notification at a police station that would fall within subsection (2)(a) above if |
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the address of those premises were the person’s home address. |
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(4) | The notification must be acknowledged. |
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(5) | The acknowledgement must be in writing, and in such form as the Secretary of |
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(6) | The person making the notification must, if requested to do so by the police |
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officer or person to whom the notification is made, allow the officer or person |
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(a) | take the person’s fingerprints, |
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(b) | photograph any part of the person, or |
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(c) | do both these things, |
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| for the purpose of verifying the person’s identity. |
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(7) | In the application of this section to Scotland, references to a police officer are to |
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be read as references to a constable. |
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50 | Meaning of “local police area” |
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(1) | For the purposes of section 49(2) (method of notification) a person’s “local |
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(a) | the police area in which the person’s home address is situated; |
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(b) | in the absence of a home address, the police area in which the home |
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address last notified is situated; |
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(c) | in the absence of a home address and of any such notification, the police |
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area in which the court was situated that last dealt with the person |
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(otherwise than on an appeal or reference to a higher court) in respect |
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of the offence by virtue of which the notification requirements apply. |
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(2) | This section and section 49(2) apply in relation to Northern Ireland as if |
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Northern Ireland were a police area. |
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51 | Travel outside the United Kingdom |
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(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring a person |
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to whom the notification requirements apply who leaves the United |
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(a) | to notify the police of their departure before they leave, and |
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(b) | to notify the police of their return if they subsequently return to the |
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(2) | Notification of departure must disclose— |
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(a) | the date on which the person intends to leave the United Kingdom; |
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(b) | the country (or, if there is more than one, the first country) to which the |
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(c) | the person’s point of arrival (determined in accordance with the |
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regulations) in that country; |
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(d) | any other information required by the regulations. |
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(3) | Notification of return must disclose such information as is required by the |
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regulations about the person’s return to the United Kingdom. |
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(4) | Notification under this section must be given in accordance with the |
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(5) | Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure. |
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Period for which notification requirements apply |
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52 | Period for which notification requirements apply |
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(1) | The period for which the notification requirements apply is an indefinite |
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period in the case of a person who has been sentenced in respect of the |
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(a) | in England and Wales to— |
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(i) | imprisonment (or custody) for life, |
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(ii) | imprisonment (or detention in a young offender institution) for |
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a term of 5 years or more, |
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(iii) | imprisonment (or detention) for public protection under section |
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225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), |
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(iv) | detention for a period or 5 years or more under section 91 of the |
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Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) |
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(offenders under 18 convicted of certain serious offences), |
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(v) | detention for public protection under section 226 of the |
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Criminal Justice Act 2003 (serious offences committed by |
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(vi) | detention during Her Majesty's pleasure; |
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(i) | imprisonment for life, |
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(ii) | imprisonment for a term of 5 years or more, |
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(iii) | detention in a young offenders institution under section 205(3) |
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of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) |
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(punishment for murder: young offenders), |
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(iv) | detention in a young offenders institution for a period of 5 years |
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(v) | detention for a period of 5 years or more under section 208 of |
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that Act (detention of children convicted on indictment), or |
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(vi) | imprisonment under section 210A of that Act (extended |
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sentences for sex and violent offenders); |
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(c) | in Northern Ireland to— |
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(i) | imprisonment for life, |
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(ii) | imprisonment for a term of 5 years or more, |
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(iii) | detention during the pleasure of the Secretary of State under |
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Article 45(1) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern |
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Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)) (punishment of |
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certain grave crimes committed by a child), or |
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(iv) | detention for a period of 5 years or more under Article 45(2) of |
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(2) | In any other case the period for which the notification requirements apply is 10 |
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(3) | The period begins with the day on which the person is dealt with for the |
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(4) | If a person who is the subject of a finding within section 44(1)(b)(iii), (2)(b)(iii) |
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or (3)(b)(iii) (finding of insanity, disability, etc) is subsequently tried for the |
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offence, the period resulting from that finding ends— |
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(a) | if the person is acquitted, at the conclusion of the trial; |
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(b) | if the person is convicted, when the person is again dealt with in respect |
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(5) | For the purposes of determining the length of the period— |
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(a) | a person who has been sentenced in respect of two or more offences to |
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which this Part applies to consecutive terms of imprisonment is treated |
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as if sentenced, in respect of each of the offences, to a term of |
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imprisonment equal to the aggregate of the terms; and |
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(b) | a person who has been sentenced in respect of two or more such |
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offences to concurrent terms of imprisonment (X and Y) that overlap for |
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a period (Z) is treated as if sentenced, in respect of each of the offences, |
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to a term of imprisonment equal to X plus Y minus Z. |
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(6) | In determining whether the period has expired, there shall be disregarded any |
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period when the person was— |
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(a) | remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court, |
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(b) | serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention, or |
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(c) | detained in a hospital. |
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