Part 7Violent offender orders

Notification requirements

I1108Notification requirements: initial notification

1

An offender subject to notification requirements must notify the required information to the police within the period of 3 days beginning with the date on which—

a

the violent offender order, or

b

the interim violent offender order,

comes into force in relation to the offender (“the relevant date”).

2

The “required information” is the following information about the offender—

a

date of birth;

b

national insurance number;

c

name on the relevant date or, if the offender used two or more names on that date, each of those names;

d

home address on the relevant date;

e

name on the date on which the notification is given or, if the offender used two or more names on that date, each of those names;

f

home address on the date on which the notification is given;

g

the address of any other premises in the United Kingdom at which on that date the offender regularly resides or stays;

h

any prescribed information.

3

In subsection (2)(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

4

When determining the period of 3 days mentioned in subsection (1), there is to be disregarded any time when the offender is—

a

remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court or kept in service custody;

b

serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention;

c

detained in a hospital; or

d

outside the United Kingdom.

5

In this Part “home address” means in relation to the offender—

a

the address of the offender's sole or main residence in the United Kingdom, or

b

if the offender has no such residence, the address or location of a place in the United Kingdom where the offender can regularly be found or, if there is more than one such place, such one of them as the offender selects.