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If a registered sex offender seeks to change their name following a change of gender, whether through a gender recognition certificate or otherwise, the provisions in the Bill will apply. If necessary, and if we assess that it would be helpful to the police in managing risk, we can exercise the existing regulation-making power to require registered sex offenders to notify the police when they obtain the gender recognition certificate. I hope I have been able to satisfy both the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean, that the amendments are unnecessary.