Part 4

Notification requirements

Notification requirements

Method of notification and related matters
50
1
This section applies to notification under—
a
section 47 (initial notification),
b
section 48 (notification of change : general),
ba
section 48A (notification of changes: financial information and information about identification documents),
c
section 49 (periodic re-notification), or
d
section 56 (notification on return after absence from UK).
2
Notification must be made by the person—
a
attending at a police station in the person's local police area, and
b
making an oral notification to a police officer or to a person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.
3
A person making a notification under section 48 (notification of change) in relation to premises referred to in subsection (3) of that section may make the notification at a police station that would fall within subsection (2)(a) above if the address of those premises were the person's home address.
4
The notification must be acknowledged.
5
The acknowledgement must be in writing, and in such form as the Secretary of State may direct.
6
The person making the notification must, if requested to do so by the police officer or person to whom the notification is made, allow the officer or person to—
a
take the person's fingerprints,
b
photograph any part of the person, or
c
do both these things,
for the purpose of verifying the person's identity.
7
In the application of this section to Scotland, references to a police officer are to be read as references to a constable.
S. 50 in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2009/1493, art. 2(a)
S. 50(1)(ba) inserted (12.4.2019) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(3), Sch. 4 para. 47(b)
Word in s. 50(1)(b) inserted (12.4.2019) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(3), Sch. 4 para. 47(a)