Cap. 518 Art. 7Notification period.

(1) The notification period for a person referred to in article 6(1) is the period in the second column of Schedule II, opposite the description that applies to that person.

(2) Where a person is under eighteen years of age on the relevant date, sub-article (1) shall have effect as if for any reference to a period referred to in Schedule II there were a reference to one-half of any of the relevant period therein mentioned.

(3) Where a relevant offender falling under article 6(1)(a) has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment or detention and, before the notification period in respect of that offence has expired, is again subsequently convicted of a scheduled offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment or detention, sub-article (1) shall have effect as if that offender had been sentenced to a period of imprisonment or detention equal to the aggregate of the those terms.

(4) In this Act, "relevant date" means -

(a) in the case of a person under article 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(c), the date of the conviction;

(b) in the case of a person under article 6(1)(b), the date of the finding. respect of a conviction or finding under article 6(1) if -

(a) immediately before the conviction or finding he was subject to the notification requirements under this Act as a result of another conviction, finding or order of a court (the "earlier event");

(b) at that time, he had made a notification under sub-article (1) in respect of the earlier event; and

(c) throughout the period referred to in sub-article (1), he remains subject to the notification requirements as a result of the earlier event.

(3) Where a notification order is made in respect of a conviction or finding, sub-article (1) shall not apply to the relevant offender in respect of the conviction, or finding if -

(a) immediately before the order was made, he was subject to the notification requirements under this Act as a result of another conviction, finding or caution or an order of a court ("the earlier event"),

(b) at that time, he had made a notification under sub-article (1) in respect of the earlier event, and

(c) throughout the period referred to in sub-article (1), he remains subject to the notification requirements as a result of the earlier event.

(4) The information referred to in sub-article (1) is -

(a) the relevant offender’s date of birth;

(b) his legally valid identification document or passport number;

(c) his name on the relevant date and, where he used one or more other names on that date, each of those names;

(d) his home address on the relevant date;

(e) his name on the date on which notification is given and, where he used one or more other names on that date, each of those names;

(f) his home address on the date on which notification is given;

(g) the address of any other premises in Malta at which, at the time the notification is given, he regularly resides or stays.

(5) When determining the period for the purpose of sub-article (1), there shall be disregarded any time when the relevant offender is -

(a) remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court;

(b) serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention;

(a) the address of his sole or main residence in Malta, or

(b) where he has no such residence, the address or location of a place in Malta where he can regularly be found and, if there is more than one such place, such one of those places as the person may select.