{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-and-saving-provision-regulations-2023/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-and-saving-provision-regulations-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/233) to change the categories of people who are eligible for a free criminal record certificate or enhanced criminal record certificate.\nRegulation 2(2) limits the categories of people who are not required to pay a fee when applying for a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate to volunteers. Regulation 2(3) omits definitions that are no longer required following the amendment made by regulation 2(2). Regulation 3 clarifies that the amendments do not apply to any application for a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate made before these Regulations come into force.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/435/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:46:41.564639+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."
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