Part 10: Management of offenders Chapter 3: Management of sex offenders Section 168: Locations for sexual offender notification
Registered sex offenders must notify certain personal details to the police, including their name and home address, and notify the police of any changes to those details. Section 87 of the 2003 Act provides a power for the Secretary of State to make regulations specifying the police stations at which an offender may notify the police of the relevant information. Section 168 amends section 87 to remove the requirement for the Secretary of State to prescribe a list of police stations for this purpose and makes this the responsibility of the chief officer of police. The requirement for the annual statutory instrument is withdrawn, in lieu of this, chief officers of police will publish a list of police stations in their area, where an offender may notify.