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15 February 2011
Last updated at 20:45 ET
A scheme allowing offenders to appeal against a lifetime on the sex offenders register is to be implemented, the BBC has learned.
A government source said it had no choice but to adopt it for England and Wales following a Supreme Court ruling.
Last April the court ruled offenders should have the right to prove they had changed and so be taken off the list.
To be placed on the register for life, individuals must be sentenced to more than 30 months for a sex-related crime.
There are some 20,000 sex offenders in the UK who have received such sentences.
Those to be given the right to seek to have their names and addresses removed from the register include paedophiles and rapists.
The source said: "We have no choice but to implement the Supreme Court judgement. There is no right of appeal."
The Scottish government has already brought forward plans to allow convicted adults to seek a review after 15 years on the register.
Those placed on the register when under 18 years old can seek a review after eight years.
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A government source said it had no choice but to adopt it for England and Wales following a Supreme Court ruling.
Last April the court ruled offenders should have the right to prove they had changed and so be taken off the list.
To be placed on the register for life, individuals must be sentenced to more than 30 months for a sex-related crime.
There are some 20,000 sex offenders in the UK who have received such sentences.
Those to be given the right to seek to have their names and addresses removed from the register include paedophiles and rapists.
The source said: "We have no choice but to implement the Supreme Court judgement. There is no right of appeal."
The Scottish government has already brought forward plans to allow convicted adults to seek a review after 15 years on the register.
Those placed on the register when under 18 years old can seek a review after eight years.
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