Notification requirements for persons other than individuals
(1) Where a person other than an individual is subject to a relevant order that person (“ P ”) must, within the period of three days beginning with the first day on which any provision of the order comes into force, notify the specified person of the name of an authorised individual.
(2) In this paragraph “ authorised individual ” means an individual who—
(a) is authorised by P to communicate with the specified person in relation to P’s compliance with the order, and
(b) has consented to act in that capacity.
(3) P may, at any time after notifying the specified person of the name of an authorised individual under this paragraph, notify the specified person of the name of a replacement authorised individual.
(4) Where an individual whose name is notified by P under this paragraph ceases to be an authorised individual P must, within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the individual ceases to be an authorised individual, notify the specified person of the name of a replacement authorised individual.
Notification requirements for individuals
(1) An individual who is subject to a relevant order must, within the period of three days beginning with the first day on which any of the provisions of the order comes into force, notify the specified person of the notifiable information relating to the individual.
(2) If there is a change in any of the notifiable information relating to an individual who has given a notification under this paragraph the individual must, within the period of three days beginning with the day on which the change occurs, notify the specified person of the change.
(3) A requirement to notify information under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) does not apply to an individual by virtue of a relevant order whilst the individual is required to notify that information to that person by virtue of an earlier relevant order.
(4) If the earlier order ceases to be in force on a day on which the later order remains in force, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the first day on which any of the provisions of the order comes into force is to be read as a reference to that day.
(5) In this paragraph “ the notifiable information ” relating to an individual means—
(a) their name and, if they use one or more other names, each of those names;
(b) the address of their sole or main residence in the United Kingdom and the address of any other premises in the United Kingdom at which they regularly reside or stay;
(c) each of their telephone numbers and email addresses (if any);
(d) any name which they use to access a social media service or the function of which is to identify the user of such a service;
(e) any name—
(i) which they use to access a video game that is a user-to-user service or that is available as part of a user-to-user service, or
(ii) the function of which is to identify them as the user of such a game;
(f) identifying information relating to any motor vehicle of which they are the registered keeper, or which they have a right to use (whether routinely or on specific occasions or for specific purposes);
(g) specified financial information;
(h) specified information about identification documents;
(i) the name and address of each of their employers (if any);
(j) any information of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5)—
(a) where the individual does not have a sole or main residence in the United Kingdom, paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph is to be read as if it refers to the address or location of a place in the United Kingdom where they can regularly be found (and, if there is more than one such place, the address or location of each of those places);
(b) “ social media service ” means an online service that meets the following conditions—
(i) the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of the service is to promote interaction between users (including interaction between users and user-generated content), and
(ii) making content generated by users available to other users is a significant feature of the service;
(c) “ specified financial information ” means the information specified in paragraph 1 (1) (a) and (b) of Schedule 3A to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 ;
(d) “ specified information about identification documents ” means the information specified in paragraph 2 (a) and (b) of that Schedule ;
(e) “ user-to-user service ” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Online Safety Act 2023 .
Offences
(1) A person commits an offence under the law of England and Wales if the person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement imposed by paragraph 1(1) or (4).
(2) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(3) A person commits an offence under the law of England and Wales if the person—
(a) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement imposed by paragraph 2;
(b) gives a notification, in purported compliance with such a requirement, of any information which the person knows to be false.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine, or both.
