{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-97A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-97A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/97A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97A",
  "heading": "Duty of offender to notify details to panel",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a referral order has been made in relation to an offender and has not been revoked or discharged, and\n(b) a youth offender contract has taken effect between the offender and a youth offender panel.\n(2) The offender must notify the relevant member of the panel of—\n(a) each name which the offender uses but which was not mentioned in the referral order, and\n(b) each of the offender’s telephone numbers and email addresses (if any).\n(3) The offender must comply with subsection (2) in relation to a name, telephone number or email address as soon as reasonably practicable after the contract takes effect or the person first uses that name or obtains that telephone number or email address.\n(4) An obligation under subsection (2) takes effect as if it were a term of the youth offender contract.\n(5) The “relevant member” of the panel is the member of the panel who, in accordance with arrangements made by the panel, is for the time being responsible for receiving notifications under this section.\n(6) The relevant member of the panel must be someone who is also a member of the specified youth offending team.\n(7) The panel must give the offender written notification of the name and contact details of the relevant member of the panel.\n(8) This section applies in relation to referral orders made before (as well as those made after) this section comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 97A inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 192(2), 255(3)(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/97A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+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."
}