These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales only, revoke and replace the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/300).

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) imposes notification requirements on offenders convicted of certain sex offences. These offenders are called “relevant offenders”. The 2003 Act requires relevant offenders to notify certain personal information to the police, both at the outset and periodically thereafter. Section 87(1) of the 2003 Act provides that relevant offenders give such notifications by attending at any police station in the relevant offender’s local police area which is prescribed in regulations. These Regulations prescribe those police stations in England and Wales.

For the purposes of section 87 of the 2003 Act, “local police area” is defined in section 88(3) of the 2003 Act.