Part 10: Management of offenders Chapter 3: Management of sex offenders Section 173: Requirement for the court and certain persons to have regard to the list of countries
Section 173 provides for a requirement upon applicants (including the police and National Crime Agency) and the courts to have regard to the list of countries in respect of applications for SHPOs and SROs and in particular whether a prohibition on foreign travel is necessary to protect children from sexual harm from the defendant outside the United Kingdom.
	New section 346(2) of the Code and, new section 103A(3A) of the 2003 Act (as inserted by subsection (1) and (4) respectively) require courts to have regard to the list in considering whether an SHPO is necessary and in particular whether a foreign travel restriction as part of an SHPO is necessary for these purposes. Such a decision would not be based on the list itself; instead, the list would be considered alongside the merits of the civil order application and any representations made by the defendant.
	New section 103A(4B) of the 2003 Act (as inserted by subsection (4)) requires the applicant of an SHPO to have regard to the list in considering whether a defendant has acted in a way such that an SHPO would be necessary and whether a prohibition on foreign travel should be included in the SHPO.
	Subsection (5) requires the court and applicant to have regard to the list when applying for or making applications to vary or renew a SHPO.
	Subsections (6) to (9) replicate these provisions for the SRO and the interim versions of SHPOs and SROs.