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(1)In this Chapter, “serious violence reduction order” means an order made in respect of an offender that imposes on the offender—
(a)the requirements specified in subsections (2) and (4), and
(b)the requirements and prohibitions, if any, specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.
(2)The offender must be required to notify the information in subsection (3) to the police within the period of 3 days beginning with the day on which the order takes effect.
(3)That information is—
(a)the offender’s name on the day that the notification is given and, where the offender uses one or more other names on that day, each of those names,
(b)the offender’s home address on that day, and
(c)the address of any other premises at which, on that day, the offender regularly resides or stays.
(4)The offender must be required to notify the information mentioned in subsection (5) to the police within the period of 3 days beginning with the day on which the offender—
(a)uses a name which has not been previously notified to the police in accordance with the order,
(b)changes their home address, or
(c)decides to live for a period of one month or more at any premises the address of which has not been previously notified to the police in accordance with the order.
(5)That information is—
(a)in a case within subsection (4)(a), the name which has not previously been notified,
(b)in a case within subsection (4)(b), the new home address, and
(c)in a case within subsection (4)(c), the address of the premises at which the offender has decided to live.
(6)A serious violence reduction order must provide that the offender gives a notification of the kind mentioned in subsection (2) or (4) by—
(a)attending at a police station in a police area in which the offender lives, and
(b)giving an oral notification to a police officer, or to any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.
(7)The Secretary of State may make regulations under subsection (1)(b) only if—
(a)the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament under section 166(3) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (report to be laid after piloting of serious violence reduction orders), and
(b)the Secretary of State considers that it is appropriate to make the regulations for the purpose of assisting constables to exercise the powers conferred by section 342E.
(8)Regulations under subsection (1)(b) are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
(9)In this section, “home address”, in relation to the offender, means—
(a)the address of the offender’s sole or main residence, or
(b)if the offender has no such residence, the address or location of a place where the offender can regularly be found and, if there is more than one such place, such one of those places as the offender may select.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 11 Ch. 1A inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 19.4.2023 for the specified purpose and for the specified period of 24 months beginning with that date) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 165(1), 166, 208(4)(u); S.I. 2023/387, regs. 1, 5(1)(a)(2) (with regs. 6-8)
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