57.Part 7 (sections 98 to 117) makes provision for a new civil preventative order – the violent offender order (VOO). It sets out the qualifying offences which may trigger an application for a VOO; the procedure in respect of applications for and the making, variation, renewal or discharge of a VOO; provides an exhaustive list of the kinds of conditions which can be imposed as part of a violent offender order or interim violent offender order; makes provision for interim orders and appeals; provides for breach of an order or interim order to be a criminal offence throughout the United Kingdom; sets out requirements on persons subject to a VOO to notify the police of certain personal information and of changes to such information; provides for a failure to comply with the notification requirements to be a criminal offence throughout the United Kingdom; and provides for the police and others to provide information to the Secretary of State for the purposes of verifying the information supplied in pursuance of the notification requirements.
Summary Part 7: Violent offender orders