Regulation 3 Amendment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Travel Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

(1)

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Travel Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2004^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 5 (notification to be given before leaving the United Kingdom)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), omit “for a period of three days or longer”; and

(b)

in paragraph (3), for “24” substitute “12”.

(3)

In regulation 6 (other information to be disclosed in a notification under section 86(2))—

(a)

after paragraph (b), insert—

“(ba)
the dates on which that offender intends to be in each country to which that offender intends to travel;”; and

(b)

in paragraph (c), for “for that offender’s first night outside the United Kingdom” substitute “in each country to which that offender intends to travel”.

(4)

For paragraph (2) of regulation 7 (change to information disclosed in a notification under section 86(2)), substitute—

“(2)
A further notification under paragraph (1)—

(a)
must be given not less than 12 hours before the relevant offender’s intended departure from the United Kingdom; and

(b)
may be given less than 24 hours (but not less than 12 hours) before the relevant offender’s intended departure from the United Kingdom, only if that offender has a reasonable excuse for being unable to give such notification before that time.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2004/205, amended by S.S.I. 2013/119.