{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/section-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/section-97.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/26",
  "legislation_title": "Policing and Crime Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009",
  "path": "section/97",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Criminal records: applications",
  "text": "(1) Before section 126 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) insert—\n“Form of applications\n125B (1) The Secretary of State may determine the form, manner and contents of an application for the purposes of any provision of this Part.\n(2) A determination may, in particular, impose requirements about the form or manner in which an electronic application is to be signed or countersigned.”\n(2) In the following provisions of that Act omit “in the prescribed manner and form”—\nsection 112(1)(a) (criminal conviction certificates),\nsection 113A(1)(a) (criminal record certificates),\nsection 113B(1)(a) (enhanced criminal record certificates).\n(3) In the following provisions of that Act omit “in the prescribed form”—\nsection 114(1)(a) (criminal record certificates: Crown employment),\nsection 116(1)(a) (enhanced criminal record certificates: judicial appointments and Crown employment).",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 97 in force at 29.1.2010 by S.I. 2010/125, art. 2(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/26/section/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:38.465629+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."
}