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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-scotland-regulations-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-scotland-regulations-2002",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make detailed provisions in relation to applications for criminal conviction certificates, criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal record certificates under Part V of the Police Act 1997.\nRegulation 3 requires an application for the issue of a criminal conviction certificate, criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate to be made on the form, or one to like effect, set out in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.\nRegulation 4 specifies the fee for such an application as £13.60.\nRegulation 5 prescribes the details of convictions which appear on criminal conviction certificates.\nRegulation 6 prescribes the details of convictions and cautions which appear on criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal record certificates.\nRegulation 7 prescribes the sources of information comprising central records for the purposes of certificates under Part V.\nRegulation 8 defines “relevant police force” for the purposes of enhanced criminal record certificates.\nRegulation 9 makes provisions in relation to the taking of fingerprints from applicants where the Scottish Ministers require them for the purposes of ascertaining the identity of an applicant.\nRegulation 10 prescribes the fees to be paid to police authorities who maintain police forces that have been requested to supply information in relation to an application for an enhanced criminal record certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/143/note",
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  "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."
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