Commentary on Sections Notification requirements Section 51 – Meaning of “local police area”
135.Section 51 defines “local police area” for the purposes of section 50(2) (method of notification). Subsections (1)(b) and (c) deal with cases where the person has no home address (as defined in section 60). A person may have no home address because for example they spend most of their time abroad and only return to the UK occasionally, or because they are itinerant.