{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-113E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-113E.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "section/113E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "113E",
  "heading": "Criminal record certificates: specified children's and adults' lists: urgent cases",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies to an application under section 113A or 113B if—\n(a) it is accompanied by a children's suitability statement,\n(b) the registered person requests an urgent preliminary response, and\n(c) the applicant pays in the prescribed manner such additional fee as is prescribed in respect of the application.\n(2) The Secretary of State DBS must notify the registered person—\n(a) if the applicant is not included in a specified children's list, of that fact;\n(b) if the applicant is included in such a list, of the details prescribed for the purposes of section 113C(1)(b) above;\n(c) if the applicant is not subject to a specified children's direction, of that fact;\n(d) if the applicant is subject to such a direction, of the grounds on which the direction was given and the details prescribed for the purposes of section 113C(1)(d) above.\n(3) Subsection (4) applies to an application under section 113A or 113B if—\n(a) it is accompanied by an adults' suitability statement,\n(b) the registered person requests an urgent preliminary response, and\n(c) the applicant pays in the prescribed manner such additional fee as is prescribed in respect of the application.\n(4) The Secretary of State DBS must notify the registered person either—\n(a) that the applicant is not included in a specified adults' list, or\n(b) that a criminal record certificate or enhanced criminal record certificate will be issued in due course.\n(5) In this section—\n“criminal record certificate” has the same meaning as in section 113A;\n“enhanced criminal record certificate” has the same meaning as in section 113B;\n“children's suitability statement” “, specified children's direction” and “specified children's list” have the same meaning as in section 113C;\n“adults' suitability statement” and “specified adults' list” have the same meaning as in section 113D.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 113A-113F inserted (1.4.2006 for S. except for the insertion of s. 113E, 6.4.2006 for E.W. for specified purposes, 25.9.2006 for E.W. for specified purposes, 12.11.2007 for E.W. for specified purposes, 29.2.2008 for E.W. for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 for N.I., 9.3.2015 for E.W. for specified purposes) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 163(2), 178(4)(d)(8); S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(c); S.I. 2006/378, art. 7(a); S.I. 2006/2182, art. 2; S.I. 2007/3064, art. 2; S.I. 2008/306, art. 2; S.I. 2008/697, art. 2(a); S.I. 2015/188, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 113C-113F repealed (E.W.) (12.10.2009 for the repeal of ss. 113C, 113D, 113F) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 10 (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2009/2610, art. 2(b) (with arts. 4-23) Ss. 113C-113F repealed (N.I.) (12.10.2009 for the repeal of ss. 113C, 113D, 113F) by The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1351), art. 1(3), Sch. 8 (with arts. 2(4), 53, 57(3), 61(4)); S.R. 2009/304, art. 3(a) Ss. 113C-113F repealed (S.) (28.2.2011) by Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14), s. 101(2), sch. 4 para. 30 (with ss. 90, 99); S.S.I. 2011/157, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 113E(2) substituted (E.W.) (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 37(d) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 113E(4) substituted (E.W.) (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 37(d) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 113E modified (temp.) (12.10.2009) by The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 5) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2610), arts. 1(1), 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 113E modified (10.9.2012) by The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157), arts. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 113E modified (temp.) (27.3.2020) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Transitory Provision) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/358), arts. 1(1), 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/section/113E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:18.907526+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."
}