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Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) Part 2—Notification and orders (3) The clerk of the court by which, by virtue of that subsection, a notification order or interim notification order is made, varied, renewed or discharged shall cause a copy of, as the case may be—
 * (a) the order as so made, varied or renewed; or
 * (b) the interlocutor by which discharge is effected,

to be given to the person named in the order or sent to him by registered post or by the recorded delivery service (an acknowledgement or certificate of delivery of a copy so sent, issued by the Post Office, being sufficient evidence of the delivery of the copy on the day specified in the acknowledgement or certificate). Sexual offences prevention orders 104 Sexual offences prevention orders: applications and grounds

(1) A court may make an order under this section in respect of a person (“the defendant”) where any of subsections (2) to (4) applies to the defendant and—
 * (a) where subsection (4) applies, it is satisfied that the defendant’s behaviour since the appropriate date makes it necessary to make such an order, for the purpose of protecting the public or any particular members of the public from serious sexual harm from the defendant;
 * (b) in any other case, it is satisfied that it is necessary to make such an order, for the purpose of protecting the public or any particular members of the public from serious sexual harm from the defendant.

(2) This subsection applies to the defendant where the court deals with him in respect of an offence listed in Schedule 3 or 5.

(3) This subsection applies to the defendant where the court deals with him in respect of a finding—
 * (a) that he is not guilty of an offence listed in Schedule 3 or 5 by reason of insanity, or
 * (b) that he is under a disability and has done the act charged against him in respect of such an offence.

(4) This subsection applies to the defendant where—
 * (a) an application under subsection (5) has been made to the court in respect of him, and
 * (b) on the application, it is proved that he is a qualifying offender.

(5) A chief officer of police may by complaint to a magistrates’ court apply for an order under this section in respect of a person who resides in his police area or who the chief officer believes is in, or is intending to come to, his police area if it appears to the chief officer that—
 * (a) the person is a qualifying offender, and
 * (b) the person has since the appropriate date acted in such a way as to give reasonable cause to believe that it is necessary for such an order to be made.

(6) An application under subsection (5) may be made to any magistrates’ court whose commission area includes—
 * (a) any part of the applicant’s police area, or
 * (b) any place where it is alleged that the person acted in a way mentioned in subsection (5)(b).