{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111063828",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "text": "(1) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) after paragraph (f) insert—\n“(fa) “full gender recognition certificate”, “gender recognition certificate” and “interim gender recognition certificate” have the meanings given by section 25(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004;”,\n(b) at the end of paragraph (g), omit “and”,\n(c) after paragraph (g) insert—\n“(ga) “relevant date” has the same meaning as in section 82(6) of the 2003 Act; and”.\n(3) In regulation 3 (prescribed information to be notified under section 83(5)(i) of the 2003 Act), in the heading, after “prescribed” insert “financial”.\n(4) After regulation 3 insert—\n“Prescribed information to be notified under section 83(5)(i) of the 2003 Act- gender recognition\n3A. (1) A relevant offender must notify the police if that offender—\n(a) has made an application for a gender recognition certificate that has not been determined,\n(b) has obtained a full gender recognition certificate that was issued on or after the relevant date.\n(2) An application in respect of which an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued is to be treated as not having been determined.”.\n(5) In regulation 4 (prescribed events and information to be notified under section 84(1)(g) of the 2003 Act), in the heading—\n(a) after “prescribed” insert “financial”,\n(b) for “section 84(1)(g)” substitute “section 84(1)”.\n(6) After regulation 4 insert—\n“Prescribed events and information to be notified under section 84(1) of the 2003 Act- gender recognition\n4A. Where a relevant offender—\n(a) makes an application for a gender recognition certificate,\n(b) obtains a full gender recognition certificate,\nand that application or the issuing of the certificate has not previously been notified to the police in accordance with regulation 3A, the relevant offender must notify the police that such a certificate has been applied for or obtained.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/246."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 7. Section 25(1) was relevantly amended by the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), schedule 2, paragraph 2 and the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), schedule 2, paragraph 5(18)(a)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063828/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:22.173554+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."
}