In section 103A—
"appropriate date", in relation to a qualifying offender, means the date or (as the case may be) the first date on which the offender was convicted, found or cautioned as mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) below;
"child" means a person under 18;
"the public" means the public in the United Kingdom;
"sexual harm" from a person means physical or psychological harm caused—
(a)by the person committing one or more offences listed in Schedule 3, or
(b)(in the context of harm outside the United Kingdom) by the person doing, outside the United Kingdom, anything which would constitute an offence listed in Schedule 3 if done in any part of the United Kingdom;
"qualifying offender" means a person within subsection (2) or (3) below;
"vulnerable adult" means a person aged 18 or over whose ability to protect himself or herself from physical or psychological harm is significantly impaired through physical or mental disability or illness, through old age or otherwise.
A person is within this subsection if, whether before or after the commencement of this Part, the person—
A person is within this subsection if, under the law in force in a country outside the United Kingdom and whether before or after the commencement of this Part—
For the purposes of section 103A, acts, behaviour, convictions and findings include those occurring before the commencement of this Part.
Subject to subsection (7), on an application under section 103A(4) the condition in subsection (4)(b) above (where relevant) is to be taken as met unless, not later than rules of court may provide, the defendant serves on the applicant a notice—
The court, if it thinks fit, may permit the defendant to require the applicant to prove that the condition is met without service of a notice under subsection (6).
Subsection (9) applies for the purposes of section 103A and this section.
In construing any reference to an offence listed in Schedule 3, any condition subject to which an offence is so listed that relates—
is to be disregarded.