Sentencing Act 2020

347 Sexual harm prevention orders: matters to be specified

(1) A sexual harm prevention order must specify—

(a) the prohibitions included in the order, and

(b) for each prohibition, the period for which it is to have effect (the “prohibition period”).

See section 348 for further matters to be included in the case of a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom.

(2) The prohibition period must be—

(a) a fixed period of not less than 5 years, or

(b) an indefinite period (so that the prohibition has effect until further order).

This is subject to section 348(1) (prohibition on foreign travel).

(3) A sexual harm prevention order—

(a) may specify fixed periods for some of its prohibitions and an indefinite period for others;

(b) may specify different periods for different prohibitions.