{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1240",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "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 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “local authority” insert—\n““registered health care professional” has the same meaning as “health care professional” in section 39(1) of the Social Security Act 1998;”.\n(3) In regulation 5A (enhanced criminal record certificates: prescribed purposes) after paragraph (zg) insert—\n“(zh) considering the applicant’s suitability to obtain or hold a licence granted under regulations made under section 2 of the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024;\n(zi) considering the applicant’s suitability to work as a registered health care professional, employed or engaged by—\n(i) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; or\n(ii) contractors or sub-contractors, who are carrying out activities for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions;”.",
  "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 amended by S.I. 2006/2181, 2007/1892, 2007/3224, 2008/2143, 2009/1882, 2010/817, 2010/1836, 2012/979, 2012/2114, 2012/3006, 2012/3016, 2013/114, 2013/2669, 2014/955 and 2022/979."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 14. Section 39(1) was amended by S.I. 2008/2833, paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), paragraph 35(a) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), section 62(5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), S.I. 2009/56 and paragraph 49 of Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2024 c. 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1240/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:09:09.216465+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."
}