# The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Travel Notification Requirements) Regulations 2004, Regulation 5: Notification to be given before leaving the United Kingdom


(1) A relevant offender who intends to leave the United Kingdom for a period of three days or longer must give a notification under section 86(2) in accordance with these Regulations.
(2) Where a relevant offender to whom these Regulations apply knows the information required to be disclosed by section 86(2)(a) and (b) more than seven days before the date of his intended departure, he shall give a notification which sets out that information and as much of the information required by regulation 6 as he holds—
(a) not less than seven days before that date (the seven day notification requirement); or
(b) as soon as reasonably practicable but not less than 24 hours before that date, if and only if the relevant offender has a reasonable excuse for not complying with the seven day notification requirement.
(3) Where the relevant offender does not know the information required to be disclosed by section 86(2)(a) and (b) more than seven days before the date of his intended departure, he shall give not less than 24 hours before that date, a notification which sets out that information and as much of the information required by regulation 6 as he holds.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/011048987X/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-travel-notification-requirements-regulations-2004/regulation-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.