Counter-Terrorism Act 2008

48 Notification of changes [F1 : general] U.K.

(1) A person to whom the notification requirements apply who uses a name that has not previously been notified to the police must notify the police of that name.

(2) If there is a change of the home address of a person to whom the notification requirements apply, the person must notify the police of the new home address.

(3) A person to whom the notification requirements apply who resides or stays at premises in the United Kingdom the address of which has previously not been notified to the police—

(a) for a period of 7 days, or

(b) for two or more periods, in any period of 12 months, that taken together amount to 7 days,

must notify the police of the address of those premises.

(4) A person to whom the notification requirements apply who is released—

(a) from custody pursuant to an order of a court,

(b) from imprisonment or detention pursuant to a sentence of a court,

(c) from detention in a hospital, or

(d) from detention under the Immigration Acts,

must notify the police of that fact.

This does not apply if the person is at the same time required to notify the police under section 47 (initial notification).

[F2 (4A) If there is a change in the contact details of a person to whom the notification requirements apply, the person must notify the police of the new contact details.

(4B) If a person to whom the notification requirements apply ceases to use contact details which the person has previously notified under this Part, the person must notify the police of that fact.

(4C) If a person to whom the notification requirements apply becomes the registered keeper of, or acquires a right to use, a motor vehicle the identifying information of which has not previously been notified to the police, the person must notify the police of the identifying information of that motor vehicle.

(4D) If there is a change in the identifying information of a motor vehicle previously notified under this Part, the person must notify the police—

(a) that there has been a change, and

(b) of the new identifying information of the motor vehicle.

(4E) If a person to whom the notification requirements apply ceases to be the registered keeper of a motor vehicle the identifying information of which the person has notified, or ceases to have the right to use such a motor vehicle, the person must notify the police that the person is no longer the registered keeper of the motor vehicle or no longer has the right to use it.]

(5) A person who is required to notify information within section 47(2)(h) (prescribed information) must notify the police of the prescribed details of any prescribed changes in that information.

(6) In subsection (5) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

Such regulations are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

[F3 (7) Notification under this section must be made—

(a) in a case to which subsection (4C) applies, before the earlier of the following—

(i) the end of the period of three days beginning with the day on which the person becomes the registered keeper of the motor vehicle or acquires a right to use it, or

(ii) the first occasion on which the person uses the motor vehicle by virtue of being its registered keeper or having a right to use it,

(b) in a case to which subsection (4D) applies, before the earlier of the following—

(i) the end of the period of three days beginning with the day on which the identifying information changes, or

(ii) the first occasion on which the person uses the motor vehicle after the identifying information has changed,

(c) in any other case, before the end of the period of three days beginning with the day on which the event in question occurs (and, where subsection (3) applies, that is the day with which the period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) (as the case may be) of subsection (3) ends).]

Where subsection (3) applies that is the day with which the period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) (as the case may be) ends.

(8) In determining the period within which notification is to be made under this section, there shall be disregarded any time when the person is—

(a) remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court,

(b) serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention,

(c) detained in a hospital, or

(d) detained under the Immigration Acts.

(9) References in this section to previous notification are to previous notification by the person under section 47 (initial notification), this section, [F4 section 48A (notification of changes: financial information and information about identification documents),] section 49 (periodic re-notification) or section 56 (notification on return after absence from UK).

(10) Notification under this section must be accompanied by re-notification of the other information mentioned in section 47(2).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 48 heading inserted (12.4.2019) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), ss. 12(3)(a), 27(3) (with s. 24(1)-(5))

F2 S. 48(4A)-(4E) inserted (12.4.2019) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), ss. 12(3)(b), 27(3) (with s. 24(1)-(5))

F3 S. 48(7) substituted (12.4.2019) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), ss. 12(3)(c), 27(3) (with s. 24(1)-(5))

F4 Words in s. 48(9) inserted (12.4.2019) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(3), Sch. 4 para. 45

Commencement Information

I1 S. 48 in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2009/1493, art. 2(a)