Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Disorder (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.

In these Regulations—

• “area” means a local government area;

• “depersonalised information” means information that does not constitute personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998^f1;

• “general postcode address” means the outward part of the postcode of an address;

• “hospital” means a hospital as defined in section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006^f2 that provides services on behalf of a Primary Care Trust or a Local Health Board;

• “information period” means each consecutive period of three months beginning on 1st July 2007;

• “school” has the meaning given to it in section 4 of the Education Act 1996^f3; and

• “the 1998 Act ” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.