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88 Section 87: interpretation
(1) Subsections (2) to (4) Subsections (2) and (2A) apply for the purposes of section 87.
(2) “Photograph” includes any process by means of which an image may be produced.
(2A) “Relevant physical data” has the meaning given by section 18(7A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
(3) “Local police area” means, in relation to a person—
(a) the police area in which his home address is situated;
(b) in the absence of a home address, the police area in which the home address last notified is situated;
(c) in the absence of a home address and of any such notification, the police area in which the court which last dealt with the person in a way mentioned in subsection (4) is situated.
(4) The ways are—
(a) dealing with a person in respect of an offence listed in Schedule 3 or a finding in relation to such an offence;
(b) dealing with a person in respect of an offence under section 128 or a finding in relation to such an offence;
(c) making, in respect of a person, a notification order, interim notification order, sexual harm prevention order, interim sexual harm prevention order, sexual offences prevention order or interim sexual offences prevention order , or an order under Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code (sexual harm prevention orders on conviction);
(d) making, in respect of a person, an order under section 2, 2A or 20 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in England and Wales or Scotland) or Article 6 or 6A of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20)) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in Northern Ireland);
and in paragraphs (a) and (b), “finding” in relation to an offence means a finding of not guilty of the offence by reason of insanity or a finding that the person was under a disability and did the act or omission charged against him in respect of the offence.
(5) Subsection (3) applies as if Northern Ireland were a police area.
Your change, as a redline
88 Section 87: interpretation
(1) Subsections (2) to (4) Subsections (2) and (2A) apply for the purposes of section 87.
(2) “Photograph” includes any process by means of which an image may be produced.
(2A) “Relevant physical data” has the meaning given by section 18(7A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
(3) “Local police area” means, in relation to a person—
(a) the police area in which his home address is situated;
(b) in the absence of a home address, the police area in which the home address last notified is situated;
(c) in the absence of a home address and of any such notification, the police area in which the court which last dealt with the person in a way mentioned in subsection (4) is situated.
(4) The ways are—
(a) dealing with a person in respect of an offence listed in Schedule 3 or a finding in relation to such an offence;
(b) dealing with a person in respect of an offence under section 128 or a finding in relation to such an offence;
(c) making, in respect of a person, a notification order, interim notification order, sexual harm prevention order, interim sexual harm prevention order, sexual offences prevention order or interim sexual offences prevention order , or an order under Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code (sexual harm prevention orders on conviction);
(d) making, in respect of a person, an order under section 2, 2A or 20 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in England and Wales or Scotland) or Article 6 or 6A of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20)) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in Northern Ireland);
and in paragraphs (a) and (b), “finding” in relation to an offence means a finding of not guilty of the offence by reason of insanity or a finding that the person was under a disability and did the act or omission charged against him in respect of the offence.
(5) Subsection (3) applies as if Northern Ireland were a police area.
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