[F1103JSHPOs and interim SHPOs: guidanceE+W
(1)The Secretary of State must issue guidance to [F2chief officers of police, the Director General of the National Crime Agency, the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force and the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police] in relation to the exercise by them of their powers with regard to sexual harm prevention orders and interim sexual harm prevention orders.
(2)The Secretary of State may, from time to time, revise the guidance issued under subsection (1).
(3)The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued or revised under this section to be published in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 103A-103K and cross-heading inserted (8.3.2015) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 5 para. 2 (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93, 114(1)(3)-(6)); S.I. 2015/373, art. 2(e)
F2Words in s. 103J(1) substituted (29.11.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 171(8), 208(1); S.I. 2022/1227, reg. 3(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 352(2)(b)(3), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2