{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-regulations-2002/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-regulations-2002/regulation-4.json",
  "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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Fees for criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal record certificates",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fee payable in relation to an application for the issue of a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate is prescribed as—\n(a) £20 in the case of a criminal record certificate;\n(b) £41 in the case of an enhanced criminal record certificate, and\n(c) where an urgent preliminary response is sought under section 113E(3)(b) of the Act, an additional £6 in each case.\n(2) No fee is payable in relation to an application made by a volunteer.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 substituted (28.3.2020 except for the insertion of reg. 4(2)(b) which comes into force immediately after 2020 c. 7, s. 9(8) comes into force) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/359), reg. 1(2)(3), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 4(1)(a) substituted (5.10.2026) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/985), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (5.10.2026) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/985), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 4(2) substituted (11.5.2023) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/435), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 4(3) omitted (11.5.2023) by virtue of The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/435), regs. 1(1), 2(3) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/233/regulation/4",
    "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."
}