Part 4Notification requirements

Offences in relation to notification

I156Notification on return after absence from UK

1

This section applies if, before the end of the period for which the notification requirements apply, a person to whom the requirements apply returns to the United Kingdom after a period of absence and—

a

the person was not required to make a notification under section 47 (initial notification),

b

there has been a change to any of the information last notified to the police in accordance with—

i

section 47,

ii

section 48 (notification of changes),

iii

section 49 (periodic re-notification), or

iv

this section, or

c

the period referred to in section 49(1) (period after which re-notification required) ended during the period of absence.

2

The person must notify or (as the case may be) re-notify to the police the information mentioned in section 47(2) within the period of three days beginning with the day of return.

3

In determining the period within which notification is to be made under this section, there shall be disregarded any time when the person is—

a

remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court,

b

serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention,

c

detained in a hospital, or

d

detained under the Immigration Acts.

4

This section does not apply if—

a

the person subsequently leaves the United Kingdom,

b

the period of absence begins before the end of the period within which notification must be made under this section, and

c

the person's absence results from the person's removal from the United Kingdom.

5

The obligation under this section does not affect any obligation to notify information under section 52(3) (regulations requiring notification of return etc).