PART 2Management of Sex Offenders

Provisions coming into force on 31st March 20233

The following provisions of the 2022 Act come into force on 31st March 2023—

a

section 172(5)(i) to (k) (list of countries);

b

section 177(7) (positive requirements: further amendments);

c

section 180 (enforcement of requirements of orders made in Scotland or Northern Ireland);

d

section 181 (effect of conviction for breach of Scottish order etc);

e

section 182 (orders superseding, or superseded by, Scottish orders);

f

section 183 (variation etc of order by court in another part of the United Kingdom);

g

in Schedule 18 (variation etc of order by court in another part of the United Kingdom)—

i

Part 1 (variation etc of order made in England and Wales or Scotland by court in Northern Ireland);

ii

Part 2 (variation of order by court in Scotland);

iii

Part 3 (variation of order by court in England and Wales) in so far as it inserts the following provisions into the Sexual Offences Act 20034 —

aa

subsections (1) to (10) and (14) and (15) of section 136ZG (variation, renewal or discharge of sexual harm prevention order made in Scotland by court in England and Wales);

bb

subsections (1) to (9) and (13) to (17) of section 136ZH (variation, renewal or discharge of sexual offences prevention order or foreign travel order by court in England and Wales);

cc

subsections (1) to (10) and (14) and (15) of section 136ZI (variation, renewal or discharge of sexual risk order made in Scotland by court in England and Wales);

dd

subsections (1) to (4) and (10) and (11) of section 136ZJ (variation, renewal or discharge of risk of sexual harm order by court in England and Wales);

ee

subsections (5) and (6) of section 136ZJ apart from paragraph (b) in each of those subsections.