Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”) to add to the list of prescribed purposes for which an enhanced criminal record certificate may be required in accordance with a statement made by a registered person under section 113B(2)(b) of the Police Act 1997.

Regulation 2(3) of these Regulations amends the 2002 Regulations to provide for applicants to apply for an enhanced criminal record certificate in relation to registration as a childminder agency. The amendments also provide for applicants to apply for an enhanced criminal record certificate in relation to considering their suitability to manage a childminder agency and also to consider their suitability to work for a childminder agency in circumstances where the applicant is required to enter childcare premises and, in the normal course of his or her duties, to have contact with children for whom childcare is provided or access to sensitive or personal information about children for whom childcare is provided.