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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Amendments of the Sex Offenders Act 1997

Information

7After section 5A there is inserted—

5BInformation about release or transfer

(1)This section applies to any person (“the offender”) who—

(a)is subject to the notification requirements of this Part, and

(b)is serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention, or is detained in a hospital.

(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations require notice to be given by the person who is responsible for the offender to persons prescribed by the regulations of any occasion when the offender is released or a different person becomes responsible for him.

(3)The regulations may make provision for determining who is to be treated for the purposes of this section as responsible for an offender.

(4)The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.