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Sexual Offences Act 2003

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88B Review of indefinite notification requirements: date of discharge and further date of discharge

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the date of discharge is— (a) where the relevant sex offender was aged 18 or over on the relevant date, the date falling 15 years after that date; (b) where the relevant sex offender was aged under 18 on the relevant date, the date falling 8 years after that date. (2) In determining the date of discharge under subsection (1), there is to be disregarded any time when the relevant sex offender was— (a) remanded in or committed to custody by order of a court; (b) serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention; (c) detained in hospital; or (d) outside the United Kingdom, before the relevant sex offender first notified information to the police under section 2(1) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 or section 83(1) of this Part. (3) Subsection (4) applies where— (a) the relevant sex offender is subject to the notification requirements of this Part; (b) after the relevant sex offender first notified information to the police under section 2(1) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 or section 83(1) of this Part, the relevant sex offender was sentenced to a period of imprisonment or a term of service detention in respect of the offence (or offences) to which the notification requirements relate; and (c) the date of discharge would, apart from subsection (4), fall on or after 28th January 2011. (4) In determining the date of discharge under subsection (1), there is also to be disregarded any time when the relevant sex offender was serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention in respect of that offence (or those offences). (5) Where a notification continuation order made under this Part has effect in respect of the relevant sex offender, for the purposes of this Part the further date of discharge is the date of expiry of the fixed period specified in that order. (6) In this section and section 88D “relevant date”— (a) in relation to a relevant sex offender who is subject to the notification requirements of this Part for an indefinite period by virtue of section 80(1) or 81(1), has the meaning applicable to that offender specified in section 82(6)(a) to (c); (b) in relation to a relevant sex offender who is subject to the notification requirements of this Part for an indefinite period by virtue of a notification order made under section 97(5), has the meaning applicable to that offender specified in section 98(2).

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88B Review of indefinite notification requirements: date of discharge and further date of discharge

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the date of discharge is— (a) where the relevant sex offender was aged 18 or over on the relevant date, the date falling 15 years after that date; (b) where the relevant sex offender was aged under 18 on the relevant date, the date falling 8 years after that date. (2) In determining the date of discharge under subsection (1), there is to be disregarded any time when the relevant sex offender was— (a) remanded in or committed to custody by order of a court; (b) serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention; (c) detained in hospital; or (d) outside the United Kingdom, before the relevant sex offender first notified information to the police under section 2(1) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 or section 83(1) of this Part. (3) Subsection (4) applies where— (a) the relevant sex offender is subject to the notification requirements of this Part; (b) after the relevant sex offender first notified information to the police under section 2(1) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 or section 83(1) of this Part, the relevant sex offender was sentenced to a period of imprisonment or a term of service detention in respect of the offence (or offences) to which the notification requirements relate; and (c) the date of discharge would, apart from subsection (4), fall on or after 28th January 2011. (4) In determining the date of discharge under subsection (1), there is also to be disregarded any time when the relevant sex offender was serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention in respect of that offence (or those offences). (5) Where a notification continuation order made under this Part has effect in respect of the relevant sex offender, for the purposes of this Part the further date of discharge is the date of expiry of the fixed period specified in that order. (6) In this section and section 88D “relevant date”— (a) in relation to a relevant sex offender who is subject to the notification requirements of this Part for an indefinite period by virtue of section 80(1) or 81(1), has the meaning applicable to that offender specified in section 82(6)(a) to (c); (b) in relation to a relevant sex offender who is subject to the notification requirements of this Part for an indefinite period by virtue of a notification order made under section 97(5), has the meaning applicable to that offender specified in section 98(2).

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