Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019

24 Notification requirements: transitional provisions

(1) The amendments made by sections 12 and 13 apply in relation to notification requirements that apply to a person in respect of an offence committed, or a sentence or order imposed, before, on or after the commencement day.

(2) The amendments made by sections 12 and 13 apply in relation to a person to whom the notification requirements apply whether the person became subject to those requirements before the commencement day or becomes so on or after the commencement day, subject as follows.

(3) If the person has made an initial notification under section 47 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 before the commencement day, the person must make a further such notification under that section of the information in subsection (2) of that section, as amended by section 12 of this Act.

(4) So far as relating to the further notification mentioned in subsection (3), the reference in section 47(1) of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to the period of three days beginning with the day on which the person was dealt with in respect of the offence is to be read—

(a) in the case of a person who has a sole or main residence in the United Kingdom, as a reference to the period of three months beginning with the commencement day;

(b) in the case of a person who does not have a sole or main residence in the United Kingdom, as a reference to the period of one week beginning with the commencement day.

(5) The requirement imposed by subsection (3) to notify information under section 47(1) of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 within a period mentioned in subsection (4) of this section does not apply if the information is otherwise notified before the end of that period when a person complies with a duty imposed by—

(a) section 48 of that Act (notification of changes: general);

(b) section 48A of that Act (notification of changes: financial information and information about identification documents);

(c) section 49 of that Act (periodic re-notification).

(6) For the purposes of section 54(1) of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (offences relating to notification), references to compliance with section 47 are to be read as including references to compliance with that section as modified in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).

(7) The amendment made by paragraph 51 of Schedule 4 does not apply in relation to a person whose intended date of departure is before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the amendment comes into force.

(8) In this section, “the commencement day” means the day on which section 12 comes into force.