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(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring persons of any description specified in the regulations to inform him that they are of such a description and to give such supplementary particulars as may be so specified.
(2)Any such description must be so framed that persons within it are—
(a)persons about whose activities the United Kingdom is or will be obliged under the Additional Protocol to provide information to the Agency; or
(b)other persons likely to be in possession of information which the Secretary of State has reasonable cause to believe is Additional Protocol information.
(3)The regulations may—
(a)require persons to notify the Secretary of State of changes in their circumstances; and
(b)include incidental and supplementary provisions.
(4)Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)If regulations are made under this section the Secretary of State shall arrange for a statement of the fact that they have been made to be published in such manner as is likely to bring them to the attention of persons affected by them.
(6)A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed by regulations under this section is guilty of an offence.
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