Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002 to substitute new 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. In particular, the new prescribed purposes include the consideration of a person’s suitability to “work with adults”, which is defined in new regulation 5B.

These Regulations also insert a new regulation 6 into the 2002 Regulations which prescribes the fees for requesting up-date information about a person’s criminal conviction certificate, criminal record certificate or enhanced criminal record certificate under section 116A of the Police Act 1997.

A new regulation 7 is also inserted by these Regulations. Regulation 7 sets out certain conditions which must be satisfied before a copy of a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate can be provided to a registered person in response to a request for such a copy.