{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-114",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-114.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "section/114",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "114",
  "heading": "Criminal record certificates: Crown employment.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State DBS shall issue a criminal record certificate to any individual who—\n(a) makes an application under this section ...,\n(aa) is aged 16 or over at the time of making the application,\n(aa) except in prescribed circumstances, is aged 16 or over at the time of making the application, and\n(b) pays any fee that is payable in relation to the application under regulations made by the Secretary of State.\n(2) An application under this section must be accompanied by a statement by a Minister of the Crown that the certificate is required for the purposes of an exempted question asked in the course of considering the applicant’s suitability for an appointment by or under the Crown.\n(3) Sections 113A(3) to (6), 120AC and 120AD shall apply in relation to this section with any necessary modifications.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 repealed (S.) (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 3 (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch. (with regs. 4, 5, 7-10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 114(1) 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(e) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 114(1)(a) repealed (S.) (11.1.2008) by Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14), ss. 79(1), 101(2) (with ss. 90, 99); S.S.I. 2007/564, art. 2, sch.; and words repealed (E.W.N.I.) (29.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 97(3), 116(1), Sch. 8 Pt. 8; S.I. 2010/125, art. 2(n)(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 114(1)(aa) inserted (E.W.) (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 80(1), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(s) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 114(1)(aa) inserted (N.I.) (2.11.2015) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), ss. 38(1), 106(2); S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 114(3) substituted (E.W.) (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 106 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(vi); and substituted (N.I.) (2.11.2015) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 5 para. 4; S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(m)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 114 in force at 1.3.2002 for E.W. by S.I. 2002/413, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 114 in force at 1.4.2008 for N.I. by S.I. 2008/692, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/section/114",
    "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."
}