Regulation 3 Commencement, revocation and transitional provision

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall come into force on 1st May 2004.

(2)

A relevant offender^f1 who intends to leave the United Kingdom for a period of less than eight days is not required to give a notification pursuant to regulation 5(1) if his intended date of departure is on or before 9th May 2004.

(3)

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the 2001 Regulations are hereby revoked.

(4)

Where a relevant offender has given notice in accordance with section 2(6E) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997^f2 before the coming into force of these Regulations, the requirements of the 2001 Regulations shall apply to the departure and return so notified as if these Regulations had not been made.

(5)

Where a relevant offender subject to the notice requirements of the 2001 Regulations whose intended date of departure is on or before 9th May 2004 has not given notice in accordance with section 2(6E) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 before the coming into force of these Regulations, the requirements of the 2001 Regulations shall apply to the departure and return as if these Regulations had not been made.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Relevant offender” is defined in section 80(2) of the 2003 Act as a person for the time being subject to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Act.
f2: 1997 c. 51; section 2(6E) was inserted into section 66 of and Schedule 5 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43).