# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 6

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

(1) Section 88 (interpretation of section 87) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, for “Section 87” substitute “Sections 87 to 87B”.
(3) For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) This section applies for the purposes of sections 87 to 87B.”
(4) After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) “Passport” has the meaning given by section 83(8).”
(5) Omit subsections (3) to (5).
(6) After subsection (5) insert—
“(6) “Relevant police area” means, in relation to a person—
(a) the police area in which the person’s home address is situated;
(b) in the absence of a home address, the police area in which the home address last notified is situated;
(c) in the absence of a home address and of any such notification, the police area in which the court which last dealt with the person in a way mentioned in subsection (7) is situated.
(7) The ways are—
(a) dealing with a person in respect of an offence listed in Schedule 3 or a finding in relation to such an offence;
(b) dealing with a person in respect of an offence under section 128 or a finding in relation to such an offence;
(c) making, in respect of a person, an order of any of the kinds mentioned in subsection (8).
(8) The orders are—
(a) a notification order or interim notification order;
(b) a sexual harm prevention order or interim sexual harm prevention order;
(c) a sexual offences prevention order or interim sexual offences prevention order;
(d) an order under section 2, 2A or 20 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in England and Wales or Scotland);
(e) an order under article 6 or 6A of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20)) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in Northern Ireland);
(f) an order under section 11, 12 or 21 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22) (sexual harm prevention orders made in Scotland);
(g) an order under Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code (sexual harm prevention orders on conviction).
(9) In subsection (7) “finding” in relation to an offence means—
(a) a finding of not guilty of the offence by reason of insanity, or
(b) a finding that the person was under a disability and did the act or omission charged against the person in respect of the offence.
(10) For the references to police area in subsection (6)—
(a) in relation to Scotland, see Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, see section 136(3).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/15/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-15/paragraph-6
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