The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 70

Criminal Law, England And Wales

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

21st January 2021

Laid before Parliament

25th January 2021

Coming into force

16th February 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(1).

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 16th February 2021.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 2018 Regulations” means the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018(2).

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment of prescribed police stations

2.  The Schedule to the 2018 Regulations is amended as specified in the second column of the table in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Victoria Atkins

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

21st January 2021

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Local police area	Amendment made in the second column of the table in the Schedule to the 2018 Regulations
Avon and Somerset	1.  Omit the entry relating to Wells Police Station
	2.  In the entry relating to Street Police Station, before “West End” insert “5-7”
	3.  For the entry relating to Trinity Road Police Station, substitute—
	“Trinity Road Police Station
	Trinity Road
	St Philips
	Bristol
	BS2 0NW”
	4.  In the entry relating to Keynsham Police Centre, for “1SX” substitute “1SA”
	5.  At the end insert—
	“Shepton Mallet Police Station
	Haskins Retail Park
	Townsend
	Shepton Mallet
	BA4 5SB
	Bath Enquiry Office
	One Stop Shop
	3-4 Manvers Street
	Bath
	BA1 1JQ”
Cambridgeshire	Omit the entries relating to Huntingdon Police Station, St Neots Police Station and Ely Police Station
Cumbria	At the end insert—
	“Penrith Police Station
	Hunter Lane
	Penrith
	CA11 7UT”
Derbyshire	1.  In the entry relating to Buxton Police Station, for “Buxton Police Station” substitute “Buxton Divisional Police Station”
	2.  In the entry relating to Chesterfield Police Station—
	(a) for “Chesterfield Police Station” substitute “Chesterfield Divisional HQ”
	(b) for “1QP” substitute “1SH”
Devon and Cornwall	1.  For the entry relating to Truro Police Station, substitute—
	“Police Enquiry Office
	Pydar House
	Pydar Street
	Truro
	Cornwall
	TR1 1XU”
	2.  In the entry relating to Charles Cross Police Station, for “Charles Cross Police Station” substitute “Plymouth Police Station”
	3.  Omit the entries relating to Exeter Police Station and Barnstaple Police Station
	4.  At the end insert—
	“Barnstaple Front Office
	Unit 1B
	Seven Brethren
	Barnstaple
	Devon
	EX31 2AS
	Exeter Police Station
	Sidmouth Road
	Middlemoor
	Exeter
	Devon
	EX2 7RY”
Gloucestershire	In the entry relating to Forest of Dean Police Station, for “Forest of Dean Police Station” substitute “Coleford Police Station”
Greater Manchester	1.  For the entry relating to City Centre Police Station, substitute—
	“City Centre Police Station
	Ground Floor
	Mount Street Elevation
	Town Hall Extension
	Lloyd Street
	Manchester
	M2 5DB”
	2.  In each place where they occur, omit the words “GMP Divisional Headquarters”
	3.  In the entry relating to Bolton Police Station, for “1HD” substitute “1HX”
	4.  In the entry relating to Wigan Police Station, for “0UP” substitute “0UF”
	5.  For the entry relating to Rochdale Police Station substitute—
	“Rochdale Police Station
	The Esplanade
	Town Meadow
	Rochdale
	OL16 1AG”
Gwent	1.  In the entry relating to Newport Police Station, for “3 Cardiff Road” substitute “1-3 Cardiff Road”
	2.  In the entry relating to Ebbw Vale Police Station, before “Bethcar Street” insert “28”
	3.  For the entry relating to Blackwood Police Station substitute—
	“Blackwood Police Station
	Blackwood Road
	Pontllanfraith
	Blackwood
	NP12 2XA”
Hampshire	At the end insert—
	“Portswood Police Station
	St Denys Road
	Southampton
	SO17 2GN”
Humberside	1.  In the entry relating to Osborne Street Police Station, before “Osborne Street” in the second place where those words occur insert “55”
	2.  In the entry relating to Scunthorpe Police Station, before “Corporation Road” insert “26”
Kent	In the entry relating to Dover Police Station, before “Ladywell” insert “16”
London metropolitan police district	In the entry relating to Tottenham Police Station, for “9JA” substitute “0HQ”
Merseyside	1.  Omit the entry relating to Speke Police Station
	2.  At the end insert—
	“Newton-Le-Willows Police Station
	Earlestown
	Newton-Le-Willows
	WA12 9AW”
North Wales	At the end insert—
	“Rhyl Police Station
	Wellington Road
	Rhyl
	LL18 1BA
	Llandudno Police Station
	Oxford Road
	Llandudno
	LL30 1DN”
Nottinghamshire	For the entry relating to Worksop Police Station substitute—
	“Worksop Police Station
	Queens Buildings
	Potter Street
	Worksop
	Nottinghamshire
	S80 2AH”
Sussex	1.  In the entry relating to Shoreham Police Station, for “6DB” substitute “6PA”
	2.  For the entry relating to Eastbourne Police Station substitute—
	“Eastbourne Police Office
	1 Grove Road
	Eastbourne
	East Sussex
	BN21 4TW”
	3.  In the entry for Eastbourne Hammonds Drive Police Station, for “Eastbourne Hammonds Drive Police Station” substitute “Police Patrol Centre”
	4.  In the entry relating to Hailsham Police Station, for “1AB” substitute “1DA”
	5.  In the entry relating to Rye Police Station, for “7AS” substitute “7AN”
	6.  At the end insert—
	“Newhaven Police Office
	Saxon House
	Meeching Road
	Newhaven
	East Sussex
	BN9 9QX
	Burgess Hill Police Station
	The Brow
	Burgess Hill
	West Sussex
	RH15 9BU
	Midhurst Police Station
	366 Bepton Road
	Midhurst
	West Sussex
	GU29 9NB”
West Midlands	1.  In the entry relating to Stechford Police Station, for “8RR” substitute “8PR”
	2.  In the entry relating to Bloxwich Police Station, before “Station Street” insert “1”
	3.  In the entry relating to West Bromwich Police Station, for “8HS” substitute “7AQ”
West Yorkshire	In the entry relating to Wakefield District Headquarters, for “1FD” substitute “1GX”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/447) (“the 2018 Regulations”).

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) (“the 2003 Act”) imposes notification requirements on offenders convicted of certain sex offences. These offenders are called “relevant offenders”. The 2003 Act requires relevant offenders to notify certain personal information to the police. Section 87(1) of the 2003 Act provides that relevant offenders in England and Wales and Northern Ireland give such notifications by attending at any police station in the relevant offender’s local police area which is prescribed in regulations. The 2018 Regulations prescribe those police stations in England and Wales. Section 87(1) of the 2003 Act was amended in relation to Scotland further to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (2012 asp 8), which replaced the individual police forces in Scotland with the Police Service of Scotland. The Police Service of Scotland has jurisdiction over Scotland as a whole and so the designation of local police areas is no longer required in Scotland.

These Regulations make changes to the list of police stations prescribed by the 2018 Regulations in 18 of the local police areas.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

2003 c. 42. Section 87(1)(a) was amended in relation to Scotland by S.S.I. 2013/119, but that amendment is not relevant for these Regulations.

(2)

S.I. 2018/447, as amended by S.I. 2019/1055.