Section 9 Notification requirementsI1

(1)

A person subject to—

(a)

a stalking protection order (other than one which replaces an interim stalking protection order), or

(b)

an interim stalking protection order,

must, within the period of 3 days beginning with the date of service of the order, notify to the police the information set out in subsection (2).

(2)

The information is—

(a)

the person's name and, where the person uses one or more other names, each of those names;

(b)

the person's home address.

(3)

A person who—

(a)

is subject to a stalking protection order or an interim stalking protection order, and

(b)

uses a name which has not been notified under this section,

must, before the end of the period of 3 days beginning with the date on which that happens, notify to the police that name.

(4)

A person who—

(a)

is subject to a stalking protection order or an interim stalking protection order, and

(b)

changes home address,

must, before the end of the period of 3 days beginning with the date on which that happens, notify to the police the new home address.

(5)

The requirements imposed by this section do not apply to a person who is subject to notification requirements under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

(6)

Subsection (7) applies where—

(a)

a person is subject to a stalking protection order or an interim stalking protection order,

(b)

at the time the order is made, the requirements imposed by this section do not apply to the person as a result of subsection (5),

(c)

the person ceases on a subsequent day (“the final day”) to be subject to the notification requirements mentioned in that subsection, and

(d)

the order remains in effect on the final day.

(7)

The requirements imposed by this section apply to the person as from the final day, but as if the reference in subsection (1) to the date of service of the order were a reference to the final day.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 9 in force at 20.1.2020 by S.I. 2020/26, reg. 2