# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Section 87 (method of notification and related matters) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) for the words from “section” to “by” substitute “section 83(1), 83A, 84, 85(1), 85A(2) or (6), 85ZA or 86B by”;
(b) in the paragraph (a) inserted by section 168(2) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022), for “local”, in both places, substitute “relevant”;
(c) after paragraph (b) insert “(subject to section 87A)”.
(3) In the subsection (2A) inserted by section 168(3) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, for “under section 83(1), 84(1) or 85(1)” substitute “of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)”.
(4) In subsection (4), for the words from “Where” to “offender” substitute “If the police station at which the relevant offender attends is in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, the offender”.
(5) In subsections (5A) and (5B), for the words from “Where” to “offender” substitute “If the police station at which the relevant offender attends is in Scotland, the offender”.
(6) Omit subsection (5C).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/15/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-15/paragraph-5
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