Crime and Policing Act 2026

192 Duty of offender to notify details E+W

(1) The Sentencing Code is amended as follows.

(2) After section 97 insert—

“97A Duty of offender to notify details to panel

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a referral order has been made in relation to an offender and has not been revoked or discharged, and

(b) a youth offender contract has taken effect between the offender and a youth offender panel.

(2) The offender must notify the relevant member of the panel of—

(a) each name which the offender uses but which was not mentioned in the referral order, and

(b) each of the offender’s telephone numbers and email addresses (if any).

(3) The offender must comply with subsection (2) in relation to a name, telephone number or email address as soon as reasonably practicable after the contract takes effect or the person first uses that name or obtains that telephone number or email address.

(4) An obligation under subsection (2) takes effect as if it were a term of the youth offender contract.

(5) The “relevant member” of the panel is the member of the panel who, in accordance with arrangements made by the panel, is for the time being responsible for receiving notifications under this section.

(6) The relevant member of the panel must be someone who is also a member of the specified youth offending team.

(7) The panel must give the offender written notification of the name and contact details of the relevant member of the panel.

(8) This section applies in relation to referral orders made before (as well as those made after) this section comes into force.”

(3) In section 193 (youth rehabilitation orders: duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer etc)—

(a) in subsection (2), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) must notify the responsible officer of—

(i) any name which the offender uses but which is not mentioned in the youth rehabilitation order,

(ii) each of the offender’s telephone numbers and email addresses (if any), and

(iii) any change of address.”;

(b) after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) The offender must comply with subsection (2)(b)(i) and (ii) in relation to a name, telephone number or email address as soon as reasonably practicable after the order is made or the person first uses that name or obtains that telephone number or email address.”;

(c) in subsection (3), for “This obligation” substitute “An obligation under subsection (2)”;

(d) after that subsection insert—

“(4) This section applies in relation to youth rehabilitation orders made before (as well as those made after) section 192 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 comes into force.”

(4) In section 215 (community orders: duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer)—

(a) in the heading, at the end insert “etc”;

(b) for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) In the case of any community order (whenever the offender was convicted), the offender—

(a) must keep in touch with the responsible officer in accordance with any instructions the responsible officer may give the offender from time to time, and

(b) must notify the responsible officer of—

(i) any name which the offender uses but which is not mentioned in the community order, and

(ii) each of the offender’s telephone numbers and email addresses (if any).

(2ZA) The offender must comply with subsection (2)(b) in relation to a name, telephone number or email address as soon as reasonably practicable after the order is made or the person first uses that name or obtains that telephone number or email address.”;

(c) in subsection (3) for “This obligation” substitute “An obligation under this section”;

(d) after that subsection insert—

“(4) The obligations under subsection (2) apply in relation to community orders made before (as well as those made after) section 192 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 comes into force.”

(5) In section 301 (suspended sentence orders: duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer)—

(a) in the heading at the end insert “etc”;

(b) for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) In the case of any suspended sentence order (whenever the offender was convicted) the offender—

(a) must keep in touch with the responsible officer in accordance with such instructions as the responsible officer may give the offender from time to time, and

(b) must notify the responsible officer of—

(i) any name which the offender uses but which is not mentioned in the suspended sentence order, and

(ii) each of the offender’s telephone numbers and email addresses (if any).

(2ZA) The offender must comply with subsection (2)(b) in relation to a name, telephone number or email address as soon as reasonably practicable after the order is made or the person first uses that name or obtains that telephone number or email address.”;

(c) in subsection (3) for “That obligation” substitute “An obligation under this section”;

(d) after that subsection insert—

“(4) The obligations under subsection (2) apply in relation to suspended sentence orders made before (as well as those made after) section 192 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 comes into force.”

(6) In consequence of the amendments made by this section, in section 149 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 omit subsections (2)(d) and (3)(d).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 192 in force at 29.6.2026, see s. 255(3)(g)