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

S.R. 2014/28 · Made 5 February 2014

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Criminal Law

Made 5th February 2014

Coming into operation 14th April 2014

The Department of Justice makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(A)(6), 125(1) and (5) of the Police Act 1997f1 as modified by section 126A of that Actf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1997 c.50: section 113A was inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (2005 c.15).

f2

Section 126A was inserted by article 12 and paragraph 38 of Schedule 14 to S.I. 2010/976 and transfers the section 113A(6) powers of the Secretary of State to the Department of Justice.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement.
  2. 2Amendment to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement.

These regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, and shall come into operation on 14th April 2014.

2Amendment to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

(1)

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

For regulation 7(2)(a) substitute–

“(a)

convictions, cautions, diversionary youth conferences and informed warnings held in the criminal history database of the Causeway system.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 5th February 2014

L.S.

David Ford

Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and make provision for AccessNI to disclose in the course of issuing standard and enhanced criminal record certificates information in relation to cautions, diversionary youth conferences and informed warnings held on the criminal history database on the Causeway system.

These Regulations come into operation on 14th April 2014.