{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-no-2-regulations-2022/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-no-2-regulations-2022/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/979",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-no-2-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002",
  "text": "(1) The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 5A (enhanced criminal record certificates: prescribed purposes) after paragraph (zf) insert—\n“(zg) considering whether a person, “the current or potential sponsor”, meets or continues to meet the requirements for approval to provide accommodation to a person who has applied for or has been granted permission to enter into or stay in the United Kingdom in accordance with Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the Immigration Rules, including assessing the suitability of any person aged 16 or over, who lives in the same household as the current or potential sponsor, to have regular contact with a person who may be or has been provided with accommodation under that Scheme.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/233. Regulation 5A was inserted by S.I. 2006/748 and has been amended by S.I. 2006/2181, 2007/1892, 2007/3224, 2008/2143, 2009/1882, 2010/817, 2010/1836, 2012/523, 2012/979, 2012/2114, 2012/3006, 2012/3016, 2013/1194, 2013/2669 and 2014/955."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The rules in relation to the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme are laid down under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) and are set out at UKR 11.1 to UKR 20.2 of the Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the Immigration Rules (HC 395) Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Ukraine Scheme - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (as at 22 August 2022). Hard copies can be obtained from the Guidance, Rules and Forms Team at the Home Office, 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF. The Homes for Ukraine Sponsor Guidance can be found at Homes for Ukraine: sponsor guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (as at 5 August 2022). Hard copies can be obtained from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/979/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:55:40.509917+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."
}