(1) This section applies to notification under -

(a) section 47 (initial notification),

(b) section 48 (notification of change: general),

(ba) section 48A (notification of changes: financial information and information about identification documents),

(c) section 49 (periodic re-notification), or

(d) section 56 (notification on return after absence from UK).

(2) Notification must be made by the person -

(a) attending at a police station in the person's local police area, and

(b) making an oral notification to a police officer or to a person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.

(3) A person making a notification under section 48 (notification of change) in relation to premises referred to in subsection (3) of that section may make the notification at a police station that would fall within subsection (2)(a) above if the address of those premises were the person's home address.

(4) The notification must be acknowledged.