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Sex Offenders Act 1997
The Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which made various sex offenders (defined as anyone who has been convicted of sexual offences) subject to notification requirements, thereby implementing a sex offenders registry. It also gave courts in the UK extraterritorial jurisdiction over a range of sexual offences. The act is sometimes described as the Sexual Offences Act 1997.
The act was part of a collection of legislation concerning sex offenders in part or in whole, including the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, the Children (Protection from Offenders) Regulation 1997 and Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
The act enabled police to obtain Community Protection Orders to require that sex offenders be prohibited be from going to places such as school playgrounds.
All convicted sex offenders became required to
The act required all sex offenders to notify the police of changes to their name, address and other personal details.
The Sex Offenders Register was officially established on 1 September 1997.
The legislation received the support of the Labour Party in opposition.
The whole act was repealed by section 140 of, and schedule 7 to, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which came into force on 1 May 2004, subject to the saving in section 142(5).
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Sex Offenders Act 1997
The Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which made various sex offenders (defined as anyone who has been convicted of sexual offences) subject to notification requirements, thereby implementing a sex offenders registry. It also gave courts in the UK extraterritorial jurisdiction over a range of sexual offences. The act is sometimes described as the Sexual Offences Act 1997.
The act was part of a collection of legislation concerning sex offenders in part or in whole, including the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, the Children (Protection from Offenders) Regulation 1997 and Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
The act enabled police to obtain Community Protection Orders to require that sex offenders be prohibited be from going to places such as school playgrounds.
All convicted sex offenders became required to
The act required all sex offenders to notify the police of changes to their name, address and other personal details.
The Sex Offenders Register was officially established on 1 September 1997.
The legislation received the support of the Labour Party in opposition.
The whole act was repealed by section 140 of, and schedule 7 to, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which came into force on 1 May 2004, subject to the saving in section 142(5).
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