# The Crime and Disorder (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2007, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Disorder (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.
(2) 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;
“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 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; and
“the 1998 Act ” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1831/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-prescribed-information-regulations-2007/regulation-1
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