SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Minor and consequential amendments

PART 2Amendments relating to Part 9

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)

71(1)Section 125 (RSHOs: variation, renewals and discharges) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2), for paragraphs (b) to (d) there is substituted—

(b)the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(3)In subsection (3), for “and (if they wish to be heard) the other persons mentioned in subsection (2)” there is substituted “, and the other person mentioned in subsection (2) (if that person wishes to be heard)”.

(4)In subsection (5), for the words after “without the consent of the defendant and” there is substituted “the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland”.

(5)In subsection (7), for paragraphs (b) and (c) there is substituted—

(b)a court of summary jurisdiction for the petty sessions district which includes the area where the defendant resides;

(c)where the application is made by the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, any court of summary jurisdiction.