The requirement for individuals convicted or cautioned for sexual offences to notify the police of specific personal details.
This is sometimes known as the ‘sex offenders’ register’.
The offences that attract notification requirements are listed in Schedule 3 of the SOA 2003. For some of those offences listed, the requirements will follow automatically from a conviction or caution. However, for many of the most common sexual offences listed in Schedule 3, the notification requirements will only be imposed where the child is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 12 months or more.
If a child is made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order then they will be automatically subject to notification requirements for the length of the order.
The length of time that a person is subject to notification requirements depends on the sentence they receive.