{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-england-and-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-england-and-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111521410",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (England and Wales) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-england-and-wales-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 2003 Act” means the Sexual Offences Act 2003;\n“the 2004 Regulations” means the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Travel Notification Requirements) Regulations 2004;\n“banking institution” means a bank, building society or other institution which provides banking services;\n“business” includes any trade, profession or vocation;\n“child” means a person aged under 18 years;\n“credit card” means a card which is a credit-token within the meaning of section 14(1)(b) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974;\n“credit card provider” means a bank, building society or other institution which provides a credit card;\n“debit card” means a card the use of which by its holder to make a payment results in a current account of the holder at a banking institution being debited with the payment;\n“identity document” has the same meaning as in the Identity Documents Act 2010 but does not include a stamp or label; and\n“relevant household” means a household or other place—\n(a) where a child resides or stays, and\n(b) to which the public do not have access (whether for payment or not).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/1220."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c.39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2010 c.40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111521410/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:52:05.360294+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}