Notification to be given before leaving the United Kingdom
5.—(1) A relevant offender who intends to leave the United Kingdom for a period of three days or longer must give a notification under section 86(2) in accordance with these Regulations.
(2) Where a relevant offender to whom these Regulations apply knows the information required to be disclosed by section 86(2)(a) and (b) more than seven days before the date of that offender’s departure that offender shall give a notification which sets out that information:–
(a)not less than seven days before that date (the seven day notification requirement); or
(b)as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 24 hours before departure, if and only if a relevant offender has a reasonable excuse for not complying with the seven day notification requirement.
(3) Where a relevant offender does not know the information required to be disclosed by section 86(2)(a) and (b) more than seven days before the date of that departure, that offender shall give, not less than 24 hours before that date, a notification under section 86(2).