Part 7Violent offender orders

Supplementary

I1116Information about release or transfer

1

This section applies to an offender subject to notification requirements who is—

a

serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention, or

b

detained in a hospital.

2

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring the person who is responsible for such an offender to give notice to specified persons—

a

of the fact that that person has become responsible for the offender; and

b

of any occasion when—

i

the offender is released, or

ii

a different person is to become responsible for the offender.

3

In subsection (2) “specified persons” means persons specified, or of a description specified, in the regulations.

4

The regulations may make provision for determining who is to be taken for the purposes of this section as being responsible for an offender.