Crime And Disorder Act 1998

Section 2 states that a chief police officer may apply for a “Sex Offender Order” if it appears to him that a person in his police area is a sex offender, or that the person has acted in such a way as to give reasonable cause to believe that an order under this section is necessary to protect the public from serious harm from him.

Such an order places the sex offender under the provisions of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 and can restrict his movements.

Section 3 defines a sex offender and includes those who have been found not guilty because of insanity, those who have been cautioned, or those who have been convicted outside the United Kingdom of a sexual offence.

A sex offender order can be made in respect of a child or young person.

Sections 8 to 16 give the criminal court powers to control the actions of a child.

Section 34 abolishes the rebuttable presumption that a child aged 10 or over is incapable of committing a criminal offence.

Section 39 states that the local authority shall be under a duty to set up a youth offending team, which includes police and social workers.

Section 58 gives the criminal court powers to extend sentences on sex offenders if they feel that this is necessary to prevent a crime.

See here: Crime and Disorder Act 1998