Police in Northern Ireland have won a legal move to force a sex offender from the South to go on the sex offenders' register after he moved to the North.
His inclusion on the register will allow the police and partners in Social Services and Probation to monitor and manage the 27-year-old man's behaviour, said the Police Service.
A notification order has been granted at Derry Magistrates' Court under the Sexual Offences Act of 2003.
The Act allows police to apply for an order which requires an individual who has been convicted of sexual offences in another jurisdiction to register as a sex offender in Northern Ireland.
It is the first time a notification order has been granted under the legislation.
Insp Barry Greene of the PSNI in Foyle welcomed the development.
He said: "Police and partners want to ensure that if individuals have convictions for sexual offences, inside or outside the jurisdiction, then there are systems in place to monitor and manage them for as long as they reside in Northern Ireland."
The inspector added: "Communities should feel reassured that police are using the law to protect them and their interests in the management of sex offenders."