Review of indefinite notification requirements: guidance
Part 2 Notification and orders
(1)The Secretary of State must issue guidance to relevant chief officers of police in relation to the determination by them of applications made under section 91B.
(2)The Secretary of State may, from time to time, revise the guidance issued under subsection (1).
(3)The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued or revised under this section to be published in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.F226]
Section 91F formed part of the available procedure enabling an individual to test an indefinite notification requirement. Its availability supported the conclusion that the requirement was not disproportionate. (see para [29])
The court referred to the Secretary of State’s mandatory guidance as providing further assistance on relevant bodies, risk-assessment tools, current circumstances, risk, and protective factors (see para [14]).
Requires the Secretary of State to issue guidance to chief officers on determining review applications. The judgment referred to the guidance in considering the rank of the determining officer (see paras [28]-[29]).
What each judgment says about section 91F is in the case-law panel in the full Act.