SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5U.K. Amendments of the Sex Offenders Act 1997

Period and place for giving notificationU.K.

2(1)In section 2 (effect of notification requirements), in subsection (1), for “14 days” there is substituted “ three days ”.U.K.

(2)For subsection (5) of that section there is substituted—

(5)A person may give a notification under this section by—

(a)attending at any police station in his local police area, and

(b)giving an oral notification to any police officer, or to any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station,

and a notification under subsection (2) above may also be given by sending a written notification to any such police station.

(3)This paragraph applies in relation to any person—

(a)whose relevant date falls after commencement, or

(b)whose relevant date falls before commencement but in whose case the period mentioned in subsection (1) of that section has not begun.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 5 wholly in force at 1.6.2001; Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 80; Sch. 5 in force (E.W.N.I.) for specified purposes at 2.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1651, art. 2(a); Sch. 5 in force (S.) at 31.5.2001 by S.S.I. 2001/166, art. 3; Sch. 5 in force (E.W.N.I.) insofar as not already in force at 1.6.2001 by S.I. 2001/1651, art. 2(b)