(1) References in this Part to a person being dealt with for or in respect of an offence are to their being sentenced, or made subject to a hospital order, in respect of the offence.
References in this Part to an offence being dealt with are to a person being dealt with in respect of the offence.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, references in this Part to the time at which a person is dealt with for an offence are to the time at which they are first dealt with -
(a) in England and Wales, by a magistrates' court or the Crown Court;
(b) in Scotland, by a sheriff or by the High Court of Justiciary;
(c) in Northern Ireland, by the county court.
This is referred to below as "the original decision".
(3) Where the original decision is varied (on appeal or otherwise), then -
(a) if the result is that the conditions for application of the notification requirements to a person in respect of an offence cease to be met (and paragraph (c) below does not apply), the notificat
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