{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-and-data-protection-protocol-no-36-regulations-2014/regulation-62",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111122723",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-and-data-protection-protocol-no-36-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/62",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the Framework Decision” means Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26th February 2009 on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between member States;\n“central authority” means an authority designated under Article 3 of the Framework Decision;\n“conviction”, except where otherwise provided, has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of the Framework Decision (definitions);\n“criminal proceedings” has the meaning given in Article 2(b) of the Framework Decision;\n“criminal record” has the meaning given in Article 2(c) of the Framework Decision;\n“third country” means a state other than a member State;\n“UK Central Authority” means the body designated under regulation 63;\n“UK criminal record” means—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales, information in any form relating to convictions on a names database held by the Secretary of State for the use of police forces generally;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, the criminal history database of the Police Service of Scotland for the use of the police forces generally;\n(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Criminal History Database of the Causeway System.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L 93, 7.4.2009, p. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122723/regulation/62",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:50.850438+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."
}