Change of residence

3B

1

In its application to a default order, section 220(1) (duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer) is modified as follows.

2

At the end of paragraph (a) there is inserted

and

b

must notify the responsible officer of any change of address.

3C

Section 220A (duty to obtain permission before changing residence) does not apply in relation to a default order.

4A

For paragraphs 16 and 16A there is substituted—

16

1

This paragraph applies where, at any time while a default order is in force in respect of a person, the appropriate court is satisfied that the person proposes to change, or has changed, residence from the local justice area concerned to another local justice area (“the new local justice area”).

2

The appropriate court may amend the default order to specify the new local justice area.

3

In this paragraph “the appropriate court” means a magistrates' court acting in the local justice area specified in the order.