Sex Offenders Act 2001
Taking effect of sex offender order.
17. —(1) A sex offender order shall take effect on notification of its making being given to the respondent.
(2) Oral communication to the respondent by or on behalf of the applicant of the fact that a sex offender order has been made, together with production of a copy of the order, shall, without prejudice to the sufficiency of any other form of notification, be taken to be sufficient notification to the respondent of the making of the order.
(3) If the respondent is present at the sitting of the court at which the sex offender order is made, he or she shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (1) to have been notified of its making.
Annotations:
Amendments:
F37
Inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9/2023), s. 16, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C8
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (1A) inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9/2023), s. 16, not commenced as of date of revision.
F37[(1A) Where the court gives a direction under section 16A(1) as part of a sex offender order, a copy of the direction and of the prohibition in the sex offender order to which it relates shall be given to—
(a) the respondent,
(b) the Garda Síochána, and
(c) if an authorised person is to be responsible for monitoring the respondent’s movements electronically, the authorised person.]