Section 10: Method of notification and related matters
This section sets out where and how a defendant must notify the police depending on where their home is situated, how notification must be acknowledged, and the police powers to verify the identity of the defendant when they attend at a police station to notify.
	If the defendant has a home address in England or Wales, then they must attend at a police station in their local police area to notify. The phrase ‘local police area’ is defined at Section 14(1) of the Act.
	If the defendant does not have a home address in England or Wales, then they must attend at a police station in the local police area in which the magistrates’ court which last made an order or interim order in respect of them is situated. This will be a police station in England or Wales. A scenario in which this provision may apply is if a defendant subject to an order or an interim order subsequently moves to, or moves between, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
	Subsection (3) sets out, if the defendant’s home address changes, which home address they must provide when notifying depending on whether this takes place before or after the change of address.
	Subsection (4) provides that a notification must be acknowledged in writing and in such form as the Secretary of State may direct.