Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

FOURTH GROUP OF PARTS U.K. Further powers relating to sentencing

PART 11 U.K. Behaviour orders

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Sexual harm prevention orders

352 Sexual harm prevention orders: notification requirements E+W

(1) Where—

(a) a sexual harm prevention order is made in respect of an offender who was subject to the notification requirements immediately before the making of the order, and

(b) the offender would (apart from this subsection) cease to be subject to the notification requirements while the order (as renewed from time to time) has effect,

the offender remains subject to the notification requirements.

(2) Where a sexual harm prevention order is made in respect of an offender who was not subject to the notification requirements immediately before the making of the order—

(a) the order causes the offender to become subject to the notification requirements from the making of the order until the order (as renewed from time to time) ceases to have effect, and

(b) Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (notification and orders) applies to the offender, subject to the modification set out in subsection (3).

(3) References in that Part of that Act to the “relevant date” are references to the date of service of the sexual harm prevention order.

(4) In this section, “the notification requirements” means the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 352 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2