Sexual Offences Act 2003

38(1)The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows.E+W

(2)Omit sections 2, 2A, 2B and 3 (sex offender orders and interim orders).

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(4)Omit section 20.

(5)In section 21 (procedural provisions with respect to orders)—

(a)omit subsection (2);

(b)in subsection (4)—

(i)omit “or (2)”; and

(ii)for “either of those subsections” substitute “ that subsection ”;

(c)in subsection (5), omit “or 20”;

(d)in subsection (6), omit “and sex offender orders” and “or 20(4)(a)”;

(e)in subsection (7)(b)(i), omit “or, as the case may be, chief constable”;

(f)omit subsections (7A) and (7B); and

(g)in subsection (10), omit “or 20”.

(6)Omit section 21A.

(7)In section 22 (offences in connection with breach of orders), omit subsections (6) and (7).

(8)In Schedule 8 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraph 144.