{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-security-officers-designation-regulations-2005/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/588",
  "legislation_title": "The Court Security Officers (Designation) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-security-officers-designation-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Proof of identity and other requirements",
  "text": "Before a person may be designated as a court security officer, the Lord Chancellor must take the following steps:\n(a) obtain proof of the person’s identity;\n(b) obtain a declaration from that person as to whether he has any unspent criminal offences within the meaning of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; and\n(c) make criminal records check.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 53; there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/588/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:06:50.235783+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}