Part 4Notification requirements

Offences in relation to notification

54Offences relating to notification

1

A person commits an offence who—

a

fails without reasonable excuse to comply with—

  • section 47 (initial notification),

  • section 48 (notification of changes),

  • section 49 (periodic re-notification),

  • section 50(6) (taking of fingerprints or photographs),

  • any regulations made under section 52(1) (travel outside United Kingdom), or

  • section 56 (notification on return after absence from UK); or

b

notifies to the police in purported compliance with—

  • section 47 (initial notification),

  • section 48 (notification of changes),

  • section 49 (periodic re-notification),

  • any regulations made under section 52(1) (travel outside United Kingdom), or

  • section 56 (notification on return after absence from UK),

any information that the person knows to be false.

2

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

b

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine or both.

3

In the application of subsection (2)(a)—

a

in England and Wales, in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), or

b

in Northern Ireland,

for “12 months” substitute “ 6 months ”.

4

A person—

a

commits an offence under subsection (1)(a) above on the day on which the person first fails without reasonable excuse to comply with—

  • section 47 (initial notification),

  • section 48 (notification of changes),

  • section 49 (periodic re-notification),

  • any regulations made under section 52(1) (travel outside United Kingdom), or

  • section 56 (notification on return after absence from UK), and

b

continues to commit it throughout any period during which the failure continues.

But a person must not be prosecuted under subsection (1) more than once in respect of the same failure.

5

Proceedings for an offence under this section may be commenced in any court having jurisdiction in any place where the person charged with the offence resides or is found.