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Section 8 Power to register persons where no application has been made to WRAI1I2

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

WRA may register a person that is not registered and that has not made an application to be registered if, on the day WRA registers the person, WRA considers that the person—

(a)

is a VAP, or

(b)

at any time in the preceding 14 days, was a VAP.

(2)

Before WRA may register a person under subsection (1), WRA must issue a notice to that person—

(a)

setting out the information that will be included in that person’s entry in the register,

(b)

specifying any information relevant to that person’s entry WRA does not have, or WRA considers is or may be inaccurate,

(c)

informing the person that WRA will register the person on the date specified in the notice unless—

(i)

before that date, the person applies to be registered in accordance with section 6, or

(ii)

WRA is satisfied that the person is not required to register, and

(d)

setting out information about rights of review and appeal.

(3)

The date specified in the notice under subsection (2)(c) must be at least 14 days after the day the notice is issued.

(4)

A person registered under this section is, for the purposes of section 7, to be treated as if that person is not registered; but this subsection does not apply from the time the person—

(a)

gives notice to WRA—

(i)

providing any information necessary to make the person’s entry complete and accurate, or

(ii)

if no such information is needed, confirming that the entry is complete and accurate, or

(b)

applies to WRA to be removed from the register.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(2)

I2

S. 8 in force at 1.10.2026 by S.I. 2025/1305, art. 2(d)