{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-120ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-120ZA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "section/120ZA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "120ZA",
  "heading": "Regulations about registration",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about registration.\n(2) Regulations under this section may in particular make provision for—\n(a) the payment of fees,\n(b) the information to be included in the register,\n(c) the registration of any person to be subject to conditions,\n(d) the nomination by—\n(i) a body corporate or unincorporate, or\n(ii) a person appointed to an office by virtue of any enactment,\nof the individuals authorised to act for it or, as the case may be, him in relation to the countersigning of applications under this Part or the transmitting of applications under section 113A(2A) or 113B(2A), and\n(e) the refusal by the Secretary of State DBS, on such grounds as may be specified in or determined under the regulations, to accept or to continue to accept the nomination of a person as so authorised.\n(3) The provision which may be made by virtue of subsection (2)(c) includes provision—\n(a) for the registration or continued registration of any person to be subject to prescribed conditions or, if the regulations so provide, such conditions as the Secretary of State DBS thinks fit, and\n(b) for the Secretary of State DBS to vary or revoke those conditions.\n(4) The conditions imposed by virtue of subsection (2)(c) may in particular include conditions—\n(a) requiring a registered person, before acting as the registered person in relation to an application at an individual’s request, to verify the identity of that individual in the prescribed manner,\n(b) requiring an application under section 113A or 113B to be transmitted by electronic means to the Secretary of State DBS by the person who acts as the registered person in relation to the application, and\n(c) requiring a registered person to comply with any code of practice for the time being in force under section 122.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 120ZA inserted (29.1.2004 for E.W., 3.12.2007 for N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 35 para. 7; S.I. 2004/81, art. 4(1)(2)(o)(i); S.I. 2007/3340, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 120ZA(2)(d) inserted (E.W.) (2.3.2009) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Electronic Communications) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/203), arts. 1(1), 6(2); and inserted (N.I.) (2.11.2015) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 5 para. 11(2); S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(m)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 120ZA(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(n) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 120ZA(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(n) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 120ZA(4)(a) substituted (E.W.) (2.3.2009) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Electronic Communications) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/203), arts. 1(1), 6(3)(a); and substituted (N.I.) (2.11.2015) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 5 para. 11(3)(a); S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(m)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 120ZA(4)(b) substituted (6.4.2006 for E.W., 3.12.2007 for N.I.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(4)(e)(8), Sch. 14 para. 7; S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(e); S.I. 2006/378, art. 7(c); S.I. 2007/3341, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 120ZA(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(n) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 120ZA(4)(b) substituted (E.W.) (2.3.2009) by The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Electronic Communications) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/203), arts. 1(1), 6(3)(b); and substituted (N.I.) (2.11.2015) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 5 para. 11(3)(b); S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(m)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 120ZA in force at 3.12.2007 for N.I. by S.I. 2007/3342, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/section/120ZA",
    "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."
}