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Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) Part 2—Notification and orders :(b) subject to those modifications, the defendant becomes or (as the case may be) remains subject to the notification requirements of this Part for the notification period set out in section 82.

(2) The “relevant date” means—
 * (a) in the case of a person within section 97(2)(a), the date of the conviction;
 * (b) in the case of a person within section 97(2)(b) or (c), the date of the finding;
 * (c) in the case of a person within section 97(2)(d), the date of the caution.

(3) In section 82—
 * (a) references, except in the Table, to a person (or relevant offender) within any provision of section 80 are to be read as references to the defendant;
 * (b) the reference in the Table to section 80(1)(d) is to be read as a reference to section 97(2)(d);
 * (c) references to an order of any description are to be read as references to any corresponding disposal made in relation to the defendant in respect of an offence or finding by reference to which the notification order was made;
 * (d) the reference to offences listed in Schedule 3 is to be read as a reference to relevant offences.

(4) In sections 83 and 85, references to the commencement of this Part are to be read as references to the date of service of the notification order.

99 Sections 97 and 98: relevant offences

(1) “Relevant offence” in sections 97 and 98 means an act which—
 * (a) constituted an offence under the law in force in the country concerned, and
 * (b) would have constituted an offence listed in Schedule 3 (other than at paragraph 60) if it had been done in any part of the United Kingdom.

(2) An act punishable under the law in force in a country outside the United Kingdom constitutes an offence under that law for the purposes of subsection (1) however it is described in that law.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), on an application for a notification order the condition in subsection (1)(b) is to be taken as met unless, not later than rules of court may provide, the defendant serves on the applicant a notice—
 * (a) stating that, on the facts as alleged with respect to the act concerned, the condition is not in his opinion met,
 * (b) showing his grounds for that opinion, and
 * (c) requiring the applicant to prove that the condition is met.

(4) The court, if it thinks fit, may permit the defendant to require the applicant to prove that the condition is met without service of a notice under subsection (3).

100 Interim notification orders

(1) This section applies where an application for a notification order (“the main application”) has not been determined.

(2) An application for an order under this section (“an interim notification order”)—