Crime and Policing Act 2026

Prospective

8 (1) Section 91 (offences relating to notification) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P—

(a) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with—

(i) section 83(1);

(ii) section 83A(1), (2), (5) or (7)(b);

(iii) section 84(1) or (4)(b);

(iv) section 85(1);

(v) section 86B(1) or (6)(b);

(vi) section 89(2)(b);

(vii) any requirement imposed by regulations under section 86(1);

(b) notifies to the police any information which P knows to be false in purported compliance with—

(i) section 83(1);

(ii) section 83A(1), (2) or (5);

(iii) section 84(1);

(iv) section 85(1);

(v) section 86B(1);

(vi) any requirement imposed by regulations under section 86(1).

(1A) A person (“P”) commits an offence under the law of England and Wales if P—

(a) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with—

(i) section 85ZA(2) or (6);

(ii) section 87(4);

(iii) section 96ZB(3)(b);

(b) notifies to the police any information which P knows to be false in purported compliance with section 85ZA(2) or (6).

(1B) A person (“P”) commits an offence under the law of Scotland if P—

(a) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with—

(i) section 85ZA(2) or (6);

(ii) section 87(5A) or (5B);

(b) notifies to the police any information which P knows to be false in purported compliance with section 85ZA(2) or (6).

(1C) A person (“P”) commits an offence under the law of Northern Ireland if P—

(a) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with—

(i) section 85A(2) or (6);

(ii) section 87(4);

(b) notifies to the police any information which P knows to be false in purported compliance with section 85A(2) or (6).”

(3) For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction in England or Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);

(b) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);

(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);

(d) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine (or both).”

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “paragraph (a) of subsection (1)” substitute “subsection (1)(a), (1A)(a), (1B)(a) or (1C)(a)”;

(b) for the words from “section 83(1)” to “86(1)” substitute “a relevant requirement”.

(c) for “subsection (1)”, in the second place, substitute “those subsections”.

(5) After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) In subsection (3) “relevant requirement” means—

(a) in relation to an offence under subsection (1)(a), a requirement imposed by—

(i) section 83(1);

(ii) section 83A(1), (2) and (5);

(iii) section 84(1);

(iv) section 85(1);

(v) section 86B(1);

(vi) regulations under section 86(1);

(b) in relation to an offence under subsection (1A)(a) or (1B)(a), a requirement imposed by section 85ZA(2) or (6);

(c) in relation to an offence under subsection (1C)(a), a requirement imposed by section 85A(2) or (6).”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 15 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)