# The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 to add new notification requirements relating to gender recognition. Where an offender who is subject to the notification requirements in Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) makes an initial notification to the police under section 83 of that Act, this will now be required to include, where applicable, the information that the offender has made an application for a gender recognition certificate which has not yet been determined or has obtained a full gender recognition certificate which was issued on or after the “relevant date”. “Relevant date” has the same meaning as in section 82(6) of the 2003 Act (and is usually the date of conviction). Where an offender subject to the notification requirements in Part 2 of the 2003 Act makes an application for a gender recognition certificate or is issued with a full gender recognition certificate after making their initial notification to the police, the offender will be required to notify this as a change of circumstances under section 84 of the 2003 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063828/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/note
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