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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/96",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Central records: prescribed details",
  "text": "(1) Information in any form relating to convictions–\n(a) held in the criminal history database of the Scottish Criminal Record Office for the use of police forces generally; and\n(b) on a names index held by the Police Information Technology Organisation for the use of police forces generally,\nis prescribed as “central records” for the purposes of section 112(3).\n(2) Information in any form relating to–\n(a) convictions held in the criminal history database of the Scottish Criminal Record Office for the use of police forces generally; and\n(b) convictions and cautions on a names index held by the Police Information Technology Organisation for the use of police forces generally,\nis prescribed as “central records” for the purposes of section 113A(6) (including that provision as it has effect for the purposes of section 113B(9) and as it is applied by sections 114(3) and 116(3)).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "ssi/2007/112",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
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      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
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      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
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      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/96/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:11.226853+00:00"
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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."
}