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- s. 21 repealed by 2004 asp 8 Sch. 5
- s. 21(1) text amended by 2003 asp 7 s. 45(3)(a)
- s. 21(2) repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(a) Sch. 7
- s. 21(2) text amended by 2003 asp 7 s. 45(3)(b)(i)
- s. 21(2) text amended by 2003 asp 7 s. 45(3)(b)(ii)
- s. 21(2A) inserted by 2003 asp 7 s. 45(3)(c)
- s. 21(3) text amended by 2003 asp 7 s. 45(3)(d)(i)
- s. 21(3)(b) and word(s) added by 2003 asp 7 s. 45(3)(d)(ii)
- s. 21(4) words repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(b)(i) Sch. 7
- s. 21(4) words substituted by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(b)(ii)
- s. 21(5) words repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(c) Sch. 7
- s. 21(6) text amended by 2003 asp 7 s. 44(2)(a)
- s. 21(6) words repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(d) Sch. 7
- s. 21(7)(b)(i) text amended by 2003 asp 7 s. 45(3)(e)
- s. 21(7)(b)(i) words repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(e) Sch. 7
- s. 21(7A)(7B) repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(f) Sch. 7
- s. 21(9A)(9B) inserted by 2003 asp 7 s. 44(2)(b)
- s. 21(10) words repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(5)(g) Sch. 7
- s. 51-51E substituted for s. 51 by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 18
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- Act modified by 2008 c. 1 s. 29
- Blanket Amendment words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 1(2)
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- Pt. 3A substituted for s. 57 by 2006 c. 48 s. 45
- Pt. 3A title text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(3)
- s. 1B by 2002 c. 30 s. 63
- s. 1B(3A)-(3C) inserted by 2003 c. 38 s. 85(5)
- s. 1B(5) text amended by 2003 c. 38 s. 85(6)
- s. 1B(8)(9) inserted by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(6)
- s. 1F inserted by 2005 c. 15 s. 142(1)
- s. 1G 1H inserted by 2005 c. 17 s. 20(1)
- s. 1I inserted by 2005 c. 15 s. 143
- s. 1I(3)(a) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 72(a)
- s. 1I(3)(b) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 72(b)
- s. 1I(3)(c) repealed by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 1I(3)(ca) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 72(c)
- s. 1J 1K inserted by 2008 c. 4 s. 123(1)
- s. 1AA 1AB inserted by 2003 c. 44 s. 322
- s. 1AA text amended by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(1)
- s. 1AA(3)(a) text amended by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(2)
- s. 1AA(5) text amended by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(3)
- s. 1AA(9) text amended by 2004 c. 31 Sch. 5 Pt. 4
- s. 1AA(10)(a) text amended by 2004 c. 31 Sch. 5 Pt. 4
- s. 1AA(10)(b) amendment to earlier affecting provision 2003 c. 44 s. 322 by 2004 c. 31 Sch. 2 para. 8
- s. 1AB(5A) inserted by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(5)
- s. 1CA inserted by 2005 c. 15 s. 140(4)
- s. 8A inserted by 2010 c. 17 s. 41(3)
- s. 13A-13E inserted by 2005 c. 15 Sch. 10 para. 2
- s. 17A inserted by 2006 c. 48 Sch. 9 para. 5
- s. 22A inserted by 2003 asp 7 s. 83
- s. 22A repealed by 2004 asp 8 Sch. 5
- s. 39A inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 51
- s. 50A inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 17
- s. 51A(12)(a) text amended by 2006 c. 38 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 5
- s. 51A(12)(c) and word inserted by 2006 c. 38 Sch. 1 para. 5
- s. 51B(9)(c) substituted for s. 51B(9)(c)(d) by 2005 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 69
- s. 51C(3)(e) modified by 2007 c. 27 Sch. 6 para. 36
- s. 52A 52B inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 19(1)
- s. 57A(1)(a) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(2)(a)(i)
- s. 57A(1)(b) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(2)(a)(ii)
- s. 57A(3) inserted by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(2)(b)
- s. 57B(7) added by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(2)
- s. 57C(6A) inserted by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(a)
- s. 57C(7) repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(b) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 57C(8) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(c) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 57C(9)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(d) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 57D(2)(b) repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(4)(a)(i) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 57D(2)(c) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(4)(a)(ii)
- s. 57D(3)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(4)(b) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 57E applied by 2005 c. 15 s. 75A (as inserted) by 2006 c. 48 Sch. 14 para. 62
- s. 57E(5)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(5)(a) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 57E(7)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(7)(a) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
- s. 57F inserted by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(1)
- s. 66A-66H inserted by 2008 c. 4 Sch. 9 para. 3
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- S.I. 2003/120 art. 2 Sch. commences (2002 c. 29)
- S.I. 2003/333 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 29)
- S.I. 2003/525 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 30)
- S.I. 2003/708 art. 2 commences (2001 c. 16)
- S.I. 2003/808 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 30)
- S.I. 2003/3103 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 41)
- S.I. 2003/3300 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2004/81 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 44)
- S.I. 2004/119 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 30)
- S.I. 2004/690 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2004/829 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
- S.I. 2004/874 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 42)
- S.I. 2004/913 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 30)
- S.I. 2004/999 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2004/1572 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 20)
- S.I. 2004/2168 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2004/2304 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
- S.I. 2004/2917 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
- S.I. 2004/3033 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
- S.I. 2005/394 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
- S.I. 2005/950 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
- S.I. 2005/1126 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 11)
- S.I. 2005/1521 art. 2-4 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2005/2122 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2005/950 Sch. 2 para. 23
- S.I. 2005/3495 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/378 art. 2-7 Sch. commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/835 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/2168 art. 4(1)
- S.I. 2006/885 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
- S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2006/1278 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2006/1835 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 44)
- S.I. 2006/1871 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/2136 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 17)
- S.I. 2006/2491 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 9)
- S.I. 2006/3364 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2007/709 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2007/858 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 38)
- S.I. 2007/1614 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2007/1801 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2007/3001 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 21)
- S.I. 2007/3073 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2007/3251 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2008/504 art. 2-4 commences (2007 c. 21)
- S.I. 2008/791 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 38)
- S.I. 2008/2504 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 27)
- S.I. 2008/2785 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2009/140 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/812 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 52)
- S.I. 2009/860 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/936 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2009/1059 Order transitional provisions for effects of commencing SI 2009/812
- S.I. 2009/1167 art. 3 4 commences (2006 c. 52)
- S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/2616 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 28)
- S.I. 2009/2780 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/3074 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/3253 art. 2 3 commences (2009 c. 25)
- S.I. 2009/3318 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 20)
- S.I. 2010/145 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)
- S.I. 2010/303 art. 2-7 Sch. 1-6 commences (2009 c. 22)
- S.I. 2010/507 art. 2-5 commences (2009 c. 26)
- S.I. 2010/816 art. 2-6 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)
- S.I. 2010/2543 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2011/829 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 22)
- S.I. 2011/1452 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 25)
- S.I. 2011/2144 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2011/2148 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 25)
- S.I. 2011/3016 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 7)
- S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 Comencement Order
- S.S.I. 2003/288 art. 2 Sch. commences (2003 asp 7)
- S.S.I. 2004/420 art. 2-4 commences (2004 asp 8)
- S.S.I. 2005/161 art. 2-4 commences (2003 asp 13)
- S.S.I. 2005/375 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SSI 2005/161 art. 3
- S.S.I. 2005/553 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SSI 2004/420
- S.S.I. 2006/104 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SSI 2004/420 art. 2
- S.S.I. 2010/413 art. 2 Sch. commences (2010 asp 13)
21 Procedural provisions with respect to orders.S
(1)Before making an application under—
(a)section 19(1) above;
(b)subsection (7)(b)(i) below,
the local authority shall consult the relevant chief constable.
(2)Before making an application under section 20(1) above or subsection (7)(b)(i) below, the chief constable shall consult the local authority within whose area the person in respect of whom the order is sought is for the time being.
(3)In subsection (1) above “relevant chief constable” means the chief constable of the police force maintained under the M1Police (Scotland) Act 1967 the area of which includes the area of the local authority making the application.
(4)A failure to comply with subsection (1) or (2) above shall not affect the validity of an order made on any application to which either of those subsections applies.
(5)A record of evidence shall be kept on any summary application under section 19 or 20 above or subsection (7)(b) below.
(6)Subsections (7) to (9) below apply to anti-social behaviour orders and sex offender orders and subsections (8) and (9) below apply to an order made under section 20(4)(a) above.
(7)An order to which this subsection applies—
(a)shall have effect for a period specified in the order or indefinitely; and
(b)may at any time be varied or revoked [F1(in the case of a sex offender order, by the appropriate court for that order)] on a summary application by—
(i)the local authority or, as the case may be, chief constable who obtained the order [F2or, in the case of a sex offender order, any other relevant chief constable] ; or
(ii)the person subject to the order.
[F3(7A)In subsection (7) above—
“the appropriate court” means—
(a)the sheriff who made the sex offender order; or
(b)the sheriff whose sheriffdom includes any part of the area of the applicant’s police force or of the police force of any other relevant chief constable;
“relevant chief constable” means a chief constable who believes that the accused is in, or is intending to come to, the area of his police force.]
[F4(7B)Where a sheriff makes a sex offender order in relation to a person who is already subject to such an order (whether made by that court or another), the earlier order is discharged by the making of the subsequent one.]
(8)The clerk of the court by which an order to which this subsection applies is made or varied shall cause a copy of the order as so made or varied to be—
(a)given to the person named in the order; or
(b)sent to the person so named by registered post or by the recorded delivery service.
(9)An acknowledgement or certificate of delivery of a letter sent under subsection (8)(b) above issued by the Post Office shall be sufficient evidence of the delivery of the letter on the day specified in such acknowledgement or certificate.
(10)Where an appeal is lodged against the determination of an application under section 19 or 20 above or subsection (7)(b) above, any order made on the application shall, without prejudice to the determination of an application under subsection (7)(b) above made after the lodging of the appeal, continue to have effect pending the disposal of the appeal.
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F1Words in s. 21(7)(b) inserted (1.10.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 70(9)) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 70(6)(a)(9); S.I. 2002/420, art. 2
F2Words in s. 21(7)(b)(i) inserted (1.10.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 70(9)) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 70(6)(b); S.I. 2002/420, art. 2
F3S. 21(7A) inserted (1.10.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 70(9)) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 70(7)(9); S.I. 2002/420, art. 2
F4S. 21(7B) inserted (1.10.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 70(9)) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 70(8)(9); S.I. 2002/420, art. 2
Commencement Information
I1S. 21 wholly in force at 1.4.1999; s. 21 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; s. 21 in force at 1.12.1998 for the purposes of sex offender orders made under s. 20 and orders made under s. 20(4)(a) by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(1); S. 21 in force to the extent that it is not already in force at 1.4.1999 by S.I. 1998/3263, art. 5
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