{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/233",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Police Act 1997 ;\n“adult” means a person who has attained the age of 18;\n“area committee” has the same meaning as in section 18 of the Local Government Act 2000;\n“charity” and “charity trustee” have the same meanings as in the Charities Act 2011;\n“childcare” has the meaning given by section 18 of the Childcare Act 2006;\n“childcare premises” means any premises on which childcare is provided;\n“childminder agency” has the meaning given by section 98(1) of the Childcare Act 2006;\n“child minding” for the purposes of regulation 5A(g) has the meaning given by section 19(2) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010;\n“day care” for the purposes of regulation 5A(g) has the meaning given by section 19(3) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010;\n“executive”, in relation to a local authority, has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000;\n“local authority” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996;\n“registered health care professional” has the same meaning as “health care professional” in section 39(1) of the Social Security Act 1998;\n“reprimand” means a reprimand given to a child or young person in accordance with section 65 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ;\n“social services functions”—\n(a)in relation to a local authority in England, has the same meaning as in the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, and\n(b)in relation to a local authority in Wales, has the same meaning as in the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;\n“taxi driver licence” means a licence granted under—\n(i)section 46 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847;\n(ii)section 8 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869;\n(iii)section 9 of the Plymouth City Council Act 1975;\n(iv)section 51 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; or\n(v)section 13 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998;\n“volunteer” means a person engaged in an activity which involves spending time, unpaid (except for travel and other approved out-of-pocket expenses), doing something which aims to benefit some third party other than or in addition to a close relative;\n“warning” means a warning given to a child or young person in accordance with section 65 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (17.6.2013) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1194), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (12.10.2009) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1882), regs. 1(1), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.9.2014) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2122), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(a) (as inserted(1.4.2011) by The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) and (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/577), art. 2(3), Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(b) (as inserted (1.4.2011) by The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) and (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/577), art. 2(3), Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (21.1.2026) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1240), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 43"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (26.3.2012) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/523), regs. 1(1), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1997 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1998 c. 37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/233/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:34:24.673698+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."
}