Section 121 Police stations at which notifications may be given: Scotland and Northern IrelandI1

Section 87 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (method of notification and related matters) is amended as follows.

In subsection (1), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

attending at the police station in the person’s relevant police area that is for the time being specified in a document published for that relevant police area under this section, or if there is more than one such police station, at any one of them, and”.

After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)

The chief officer of police for each police area must publish, in such manner as the chief officer thinks fit, a document containing the name and address of each police station in that area at which a person may give a notification of the kind mentioned in subsection (1).

(2B)

A chief officer of police must keep under review a document published by the chief officer under this section and may from time to time publish a revised version of the document in such manner as the chief officer thinks fit.”