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The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

S.I. 2014/239 · Made 5 February 2014

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Police, England And Wales

Made 5th February 2014

Laid before Parliament 13th February 2014

Coming into force 10th March 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 112(1)(b), 112(2)(a), 112(3) and 125 of the Police Act 1997f1, makes the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1997 c.50. Section 112 has been amended by S.I. 2012/3006. Section 125 has been amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), paragraph 14 of Schedule 14 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) and S.I. 2005/3496.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and shall come into force on 10th March 2014.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

2Amendment to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002

(1)

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

After regulation 3 insert—

“Fee for criminal conviction certificates

3A.

The fee payable in relation to an application for a criminal conviction certificate is prescribed as £25.”

(3)

After regulation 4f2 insert—

“Criminal conviction certificates: prescribed details

4B.
(1)

The following details of a conviction are prescribed for the purposes of section 112(2)(a) of the Act—

(a)

the date of conviction;

(b)

the convicting court;

(c)

the offence;

(d)

the method of disposal for the offence, including any ancillary order made.

(2)

The following details of a conditional caution are prescribed for the purposes of section 112(2)(a) of the Act—

(a)

the date on which the conditional caution was given;

(b)

the offence;

(c)

the attached conditions.”

(4)

In regulation 9f3—

(a)

for “section” substitute “sections 112(3) and”;

(b)

for “that provision” substitute “section 113A(6)”.

Signature

Taylor of Holbeach

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

5th February 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations insert a new regulation in the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002 to prescribe a fee in relation to an application for the issue of a criminal conviction certificate within the meaning of section 112 of the Police Act 1997. These Regulations also prescribe the details to be provided in relation to a conditional caution and conviction disclosed under section 112 of the Act. Finally, these Regulations prescribe the meaning of “central records”, which are the records where convictions or conditional cautions are held for the purposes of section 112 of the Act.