# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 28.3: Notification requirements

Extent: E+W

(1) This rule applies where, on a conviction, sentence or order, legislation requires the defendant—
(a) to notify information to the police; or
(b) to be included in a barred list.
(2) The court must tell the defendant that such requirements apply, and under what legislation.
[Note. For the circumstances in which a defendant is required to notify information to the police, see—
(a) Part 2 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (notification for the period specified by section 82 of the Act after conviction, etc. of an offence listed in Schedule 3 and committed in the circumstances specified in that Schedule);
(b) Part 4 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 (notification after conviction of a specified offence of, or connected with, terrorism, for which a specified sentence is imposed).
(c) Schedule 1A to the Serious Crime Act 2007(notification after being made subject to a serious crime prevention order); and
(d) section 9 of the Stalking Protection Act 2019(notification after being made subject to a stalking protection order).
For the circumstances in which a defendant will be included in a barred list, see paragraphs 1, 2, 7, 8 and 24 of Schedule 3 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. See also paragraph 25 of that Schedule.
These requirements are not part of the court’s sentence.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/28.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-28.3
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