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Sexual Offences Prevention Orders (archived): repeal and savings; SHPO/SRO replacement (England & Wales) and continued use (Scotland, Northern Ireland); variation/discharge of legacy orders, breach and appeals

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ARCHIVED: This PrACTice Note is archived and is not being updated or maintained.

Repeal and transitional provisions

Sexual Offences Prevention Orders (SOPOs) have now been superseded by (a) sexual harm prevention orders (SHPOs) and (b) sexual risk orders (SROs). This follows the repeal of sections 104 to 129 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003) by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ABCPA 2014). See the Practice Notes: Sexual harm prevention orders and Sexual risk orders.

Practitioners should be fully aware of the effect and operation of the saving and transitional provisions: the repeal or Amendment of SOA 2003, ss 104 to 129 (under ABCPA 2014) does not affect:

any SOPO Application issued or presented before 8 March 2015
any extant order (whenever made) where the application was lodged before 8 March 2015, or
any procedural step taken in relation to such an application or order

From 8 March 2015 (when ABCPA 2014, s 114 commenced), accordingly, it has not been possible to vary an existing risk of sexual harm order or a former order so as to extend the duration of the order or any of its terms or provisions...

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