Part 4Notification requirements
Offences in relation to notification
I156Notification on return after absence from UK
1
This section applies if, before the end of the period for which the notification requirements apply, a person to whom the requirements apply returns to the United Kingdom after a period of absence and—
a
the person was not required to make a notification under section 47 (initial notification),
b
there has been a change to any of the information last notified to the police in accordance with—
i
section 47,
ii
section 48 (notification of changes),
iii
section 49 (periodic re-notification), or
iv
this section, or
c
the period referred to in section 49(1) (period after which re-notification required) ended during the period of absence.
2
The person must notify or (as the case may be) re-notify to the police the information mentioned in section 47(2) within the period of three days beginning with the day of return.
3
In determining the period within which notification is to be made under this section, there shall be disregarded any time when the person is—
a
remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court,
b
serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention,
c
detained in a hospital, or
d
detained under the Immigration Acts.
4
This section does not apply if—
a
the person subsequently leaves the United Kingdom,
b
the period of absence begins before the end of the period within which notification must be made under this section, and
c
the person's absence results from the person's removal from the United Kingdom.
5
The obligation under this section does not affect any obligation to notify information under section 52(3) (regulations requiring notification of return etc).