Anonymity was granted to rape defendants under the 1976 Sexual Offences Act but removed in 1988.
Those currently being considered are domestic violence, dangerousness, serious sexual offences, environmental crime, attacks on the vulnerable and people trafficking.
He was also made the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order for a period of five years following his release.
Mr Starr, of Warwickshire, 69, was arrested under Operation Yewtree on suspicion of sexual offences and has been bailed until December.
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The Sexual Offences Prevention Order was imposed in 2010 after he approached a 92-year-old woman to try to get her contact details.
He also has a string of convictions for sexual offences including the sexual assault and strangulation of eight-year-old Catherine Reehill in 1961.
But he said there had to be "immediate custody" to recognise that sexual offences committed against young teenagers were "very serious indeed".
Assange is still wanted for questioning there over allegations he committed sexual offences against two women when he was in Stockholm in August.
The new Court of Appeal guidelines include guidance on sexual offences against children, causing death by dangerous driving, domestic violence and duty evasion.
Rosslyn rapist Robert Greens has been ordered to serve another year of his original jail sentence after breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
Although convictions for sexual offences against children are falling, the proportion of offences that relate to internet crimes against children are going up.
Campaigners said it was only the second time new legislation had been used to prosecute someone in the UK for sexual offences committed abroad.
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His bill would "solely and simply" amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to raise the threshold from the current age of consent of 16.
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He said the two-strikes rule would apply to serious sexual offences or violent offences that would command a sentence of 10 years or more.
In 2010, two female Wikileaks supporters accused Mr Assange of committing sexual offences against them while he was in Stockholm to give a lecture.
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Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how he was freed from a previous sentence that day but made subject to an interim sexual offences prevention order.
Mr Starr was arrested in Warwickshire by Operation Yewtree officers on suspicion of sexual offences and bailed after a number of hours of questioning.
The case was prosecuted under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009.
Steven Barratt from Newton Abbot was also ordered to tell the parents of any child he meets about his convictions under a Sexual Offences Order.
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The approach is being used by forces around the country but, under national guidelines, it cannot be used in cases involving domestic violence and sexual offences.
Dave Lee Travis, the ex-Radio 1 DJ and Top of the Pops presenter, has been arrested over further claims of sexual offences, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
He had also admitted three further counts of breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order and failing to comply with the notification requirements as a registered sex offender.
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There were 55 reports of "non-recent" rape and serious sexual offences in the month prior to the launch of Operation Yewtree, which is investigating the Savile claims.
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"Unfortunately, this has often resulted in sexual offences being subjected to a different and, in reality, more rigorous test than that applied to other crimes, " he added.
As well as menacing and threatening messages, there were also numerous sexual offences including grooming, complaints of stalking, allegations of racially aggravated conduct and reports of fraud.
There was also a 1% increase in robberies, but a 2% fall in recorded sexual offences and there was no change in the level of violent crime recorded.
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Likewise, that pesky technicality, the double jeopardy rule whereby no one is tried more than once for the same crime could be set aside for serious violent and sexual offences.
Sexual offences - includes rape, attempted rape, and indecent assault.
An 82-year-old man from Berkshire has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of a probe related to the Jimmy Savile inquiry, the Metropolitan Police have said.
In October 2009, Savile was interviewed under caution by Surrey Police about alleged sexual offences involving teenage girls in the 1970s, but no further action was taken against him.
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