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Where registered sex offenders intend to change their name via an enrolled deed poll, they will be expected to notify the police seven days before submitting the application, as it cannot be known how long it will take to process the application. To support this, updated statutory guidance will be issued to police forces ahead of implementation, clearly setting out the expectation that notification must be given at least seven days before the new name is used. There is an exemption from liability for breach of this requirement where advance notification is genuinely not reasonably practical, but such cases are expected to be rare, particularly for changes of name by deed poll.