{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-119",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-119.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "section/119",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "119",
  "heading": "Sources of information.",
  "text": "(1) Any person who holds records of convictions or cautions for the use of police forces generally shall make those records available to the Secretary of State DBS for the purpose of enabling him it to carry out a relevant function.\n(1ZA) Any person who holds records of convictions or cautions for the use of police forces generally must make those records available to the Disclosure and Barring Service for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its functions under paragraph 1, 2, 7 or 8 of Schedule 1 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.\n(1A) The Secretary of State may require the Disclosure and Barring Service to make available specified information for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to carry out functions under this Part in relation to—\n(a) any application for a certificate or for registration;\n(aa) the provision of up-date information under section 116A; or\n(b) the determination of whether a person should continue to be a registered person.\n(1B) The Secretary of State DBS may require the chief officer of a police force to make available such information as he it may specify for the purpose of deciding whether to make a request to that chief officer under section 113B(4).\n(2) Where the chief officer of a police force receives a request under section 113B or 116 ... he shall comply with it as soon as practicable.\n(2A) Where, in connection with the provision of up-date information under section 116A, the chief officer of a police force receives a request for information of the kind mentioned in section 113B(4), the chief officer of police must comply with it as soon as practicable.\n(2B) Subsection (2A) (as inserted by section 10(1) of the 2019 Act) applies in relation to the following persons as it applies in relation to the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland—\n(a) the chief constable of—\n(i) a police force in England and Wales;\n(ii) the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\n(iii) the Ministry of Defence Police;\n(iv) the British Transport Police;\n(v) the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;\n(b) the Provost Marshal of—\n(i) the Royal Navy Police;\n(ii) the Royal Military Police;\n(iii) the Royal Air Force Police;\n(c) the Director General of the National Crime Agency.\n(3) The Secretary of State DBS shall pay to the appropriate local policing body or police authority, ... such fee as he the Secretary of State thinks appropriate for information provided in accordance with section 120A(4) or subsection (2) of this section.\n(4) Any person who holds records of fingerprints for the use of police forces generally shall make those records available to the Secretary of State DBS for the purpose of enabling him it to carry out his its functions under this Part in relation to—\n(a) any application for a certificate or for registration;\n(aa) any application as mentioned in section 116A(4)(a) or (5)(a); or\n(b) the determination of whether a person should continue to be a registered person.\n(4A) DBS may require the Secretary of State to provide it with the information and advice specified in section 113CD(2) to (6) for the purpose of enabling DBS to carry out its functions under section 113CD.\n(4A) The Department of Justice may provide to the Disclosure and Barring Service any information it holds for the purposes of this Part in order to enable the Disclosure and Barring Service to determine whether, in relation to any person, paragraph 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 or 11 of Schedule 1 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 applies or appears to apply.\n(5) No proceedings shall lie against the Secretary of State DBS or the Disclosure and Barring Service by reason of an inaccuracy in the information made available or provided to him it or it in accordance with this section.\n(6) For the purposes of this section references to a police force include any body mentioned in subsections (10)(a) to (i) and (11) of section 113B and references to a chief officer must be construed accordingly.\n(7) In the case of such a body the reference in subsection (3) to the appropriate local policing body or police authority must be construed as a reference to such body as is prescribed.\n(8) In this section a relevant function is a function of the Secretary of State DBS—\n(a) under this Part in relation to any application for a certificate or for registration;\n(aa) under this Part in relation to any request under section 116A(1);\n(b) under this Part in relation to the determination of whether a person should continue to be a registered person;\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) under paragraph 1, 2, 7 or 8 of Schedule 3 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (considering whether criteria prescribed for the purpose of that paragraph apply to an individual).",
  "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. 119(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(k) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(1)(4) substituted (E.W.N.I.) (19.6.2001) by 2001 c. 16, s. 134(2)(a); S.I. 2001/2223, art. 2(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 119(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), 42(a) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(1) substituted (E.W.N.I.) (12.10.2009 for E.W., 12.10.2009 for N.I.) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 14(7)(a) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2009/2610, art. 2(a) (with arts. 4-23); S.I. 2009/2611, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 119(1ZA) inserted (N.I.) (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), 52(2) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 119(1A) substituted (10.9.2012 for E.W.N.I.) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 7 para. 118; S.I. 2012/2235, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 119(1A) omitted (E.W.) (1.12.2012) by virtue of The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 50(2) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(1A) substituted (N.I.) (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), 13(1)(2)(c) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 119(1A)(aa) inserted (E.W.) (17.6.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 110(2) (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1180, art. 2(e)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 119(1B) inserted (12.10.2009 for E.W., 12.10.2009 for N.I.) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 14(7)(b) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2009/2610, art. 2(a) (with arts. 4-23); S.I. 2009/2611, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(1B) 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(k) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in s. 119(1B) 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), 42(b) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(1B) 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. 110(3) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(viii); and substituted (N.I.) (2.11.2015) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 5 para. 8(3); S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(m)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Word in s. 119(2) substituted (1.4.2006 for S., 6.4.2006 for E.W.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(4)(e)(8), Sch. 14 para. 4(b); S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(e); S.I. 2006/378, art. 7(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(2) repealed (E.W.N.I.) (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. 40(2), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "S. 119(2A) inserted (E.W.) (17.6.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 110(4) (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1180, art. 2(e)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "S. 119(2B) inserted (17.12.2021) by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(3) 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(k) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(3) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 223; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Words in s. 119 repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 325, 423, Sch. 27 para. 112, Sch. 34 Pt. VII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(3) substituted (1.7.2005 for E.W., 1.4.2006 for S., 1.4.2008 for N.I.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 165(1)(a), 178(4)(d)(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(3)(b); S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(c); S.I. 2008/697, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(3) substituted (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), 42(c) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(3) substituted (E.W.N.I.) (19.6.2001) by 2001 c. 16, s. 134(2)(c); S.I. 2001/2223, art. 2(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(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(k) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Word in s. 119(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), 42(d)(i) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Word in s. 119(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), 42(d)(ii) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F28",
      "text": "S. 119(4)(aa) inserted (E.W.) (17.6.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 110(5) (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1180, art. 2(e)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F29",
      "text": "S. 119(4A) inserted (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), 50(3) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F30",
      "text": "S. 119(4A) inserted (N.I.) (2.11.2015) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), ss. 45, 106(2); S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F31",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(5) 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(k) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F32",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(5) inserted (N.I.) (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), 52(3)(a) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F33",
      "text": "Word in s. 119(5) 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), 42(e) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F34",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(5) inserted (N.I.) (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), 52(3)(b) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F35",
      "text": "S. 119(6)(7) inserted (1.4.2006 for S., 6.4.2006 for E.W., 1.4.2008 for N.I.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 165(1)(b), 178(4)(d)(8); S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(c); S.I. 2006/378, art. 7(d); S.I. 2008/697, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F36",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(7) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 223; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F37",
      "text": "S. 119(8) inserted (E.W.N.I.) (12.10.2009 for E.W., 12.10.2009 for N.I.) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 14(7)(d) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2009/2610, art. 2(a) (with arts. 4-23); S.I. 2009/2611, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F38",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(8) 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(k) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F39",
      "text": "S. 119(8)(aa) inserted (E.W.) (17.6.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 110(6) (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1180, art. 2(e)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F40",
      "text": "S. 119(8)(c) repealed (E.W.N.I.) (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. 40(3)(a), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F41",
      "text": "S. 119(8)(d) omitted (N.I.) (1.12.2012) by virtue of The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 52(4) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F42",
      "text": "Words in s. 119(8)(d) substituted (E.W.N.I.) (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. 40(3)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 119 modified (temp.) (N.I.) (with application in accordance with arts. 2, 5 of the amending Order) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Regulated Activity, Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/304), art. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 119 in force at 1.3.2002 for E.W. by S.I. 2002/413, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 119 in force at 1.4.2008 for N.I. by S.I. 2008/692, art. 2(k)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/section/119",
    "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."
}