Explanatory note

These Regulations apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Sex Offenders Act 1997 specifies in Part I that certain sex offenders are subject to requirements to notify certain personal details to the police. Section 2(5) of the Act (as amended by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000) provides for such notifications to be given in some cases by attending at any police station in a person’s local police area and in other cases by sending a written notice to any such police station. “Local police area” is defined in section 2(7) of the Act. The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 also introduced a power for the Secretary of State to provide for section 2(5) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 to have effect such that instead of the required notification being at, or by writing to, any police station in a person’s local police area, the police station would be one prescribed by regulations. These Regulations have the effect, accordingly, of requiring notifications to be made by attending at, or as the case may be writing to, any police station in a person’s local police area which is also mentioned in the list set out in the Schedule.