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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-registration-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/750",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Registration) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-registration-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997;\n“exempted question” means a question in relation to which section 4(2)(a) or (b) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (effect of rehabilitation) has been excluded by an order of the Secretary of State under section 4(4) of that Act;\n“prescribed purpose” means a purpose prescribed by the Secretary of State under section 113B(2) of the 1997 Act;\n“register” means the register maintained by the Secretary of State for the purposes of Part 5 of the 1997 Act; and\n“statutory office-holder” means a person appointed to an office by virtue of any enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/3006",
      "affecting_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/3006",
      "affecting_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/750/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:34:10.723925+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."
}