Regulation 4 Information SharingI1

England and Wales

(1)

The strategy group shall have in place arrangements for the sharing of information between responsible authorities and shall prepare a protocol setting out those arrangements.

(2)

The information sharing protocol shall relate to the sharing of information —

(a)

under section 17A of the 1998 Act^f1;

(b)

under section 115 of the 1998 Act^f2; and

(c)

otherwise for the purpose of formulating and implementing a strategic assessment and partnership plan for the area.

(3)

Each responsible authority shall comply with the protocol prepared under paragraph (1) and shall nominate a person within that authority to facilitate the sharing of information under the protocol.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 19.11.2007, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Section 17A was inserted into the 1998 Act by section 22 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Police and Justice Act 2006 and will be in force from 19^th November 2007 (S.I. 2007/3073(C.122)).
f2: Section 115 has been amended by section 74 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c.43), section 97 of the Police Reform Act 2002, section 219 of the Housing Act 2004 (c.34), section 22 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Police and Justice Act 2006 (those amendments are in force from 19^th November 2007 (S.I. 2007/3073(C.122)) and by S.I. 2000/90 and S.I. 2002/2469.