Section 113: Offence: breach of SOPO or interim SOPO etc, Sexual Offences Act 2003

A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he does anything which he is prohibited from doing by—

a sexual offences prevention order;

an interim sexual offences prevention order;

an order under section 5A of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51) (restraining orders);

an order under section ... 20 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (sex offender orders and interim orders made ... in Scotland);

an order under Article 6 or 6A of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20)) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in Northern Ireland).

A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person—

contravenes a prohibition imposed by—

a sexual harm prevention order,

an order under Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code (sexual harm prevention order on conviction), or

an interim sexual harm prevention order,

other than a prohibition on foreign travel, or

fails to comply with a requirement imposed by—

a sexual harm prevention order,

an order under Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code (sexual harm prevention order on conviction), or

an interim sexual harm prevention order.

A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person—

contravenes a prohibition imposed by a relevant Scottish order other than a prohibition on foreign travel, or

fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a relevant Scottish order.

In subsection (1ZB)—

"prohibition on foreign travel" has the meaning given by section 17(2) of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22);
"relevant Scottish order" means—a sexual harm prevention order made under section 11 or 12 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016, oran interim sexual harm prevention order made under section 21 of that Act.

A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he fails to do anything which he is required to do by a sexual offences prevention order or an interim sexual offences prevention order.

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.

Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, it is not open to the court by or before which he is convicted to make, in respect of the offence, an order for conditional discharge or, in Scotland, a community payback order.

Section 113: Offence: breach of SOPO or interim SOPO etc

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