{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-procedure-licences-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-procedure-licences-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2024/1244",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Procedure Licences (Wales) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-procedure-licences-wales-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Licensing criteria for a special procedure licence to be granted",
  "text": "(1) The licensing criteria that must be met by an individual (an “applicant”) for a special procedure licence in order for the application to be granted are set out in paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) The applicant must—\n(a) be 18 years of age or over,\n(b) provide evidence of a criminal record check (no more than 3 months old from date of issue), and\n(c) provide evidence that the applicant holds a regulated Level 2 Award.\n(3) The applicant must undertake and pass an application interview with the local authority, which consists of questions asked by the local authority and answered by the applicant, to demonstrate the applicant’s knowledge of the following matters—\n(a) infection control and first aid, in the context of the special procedure to which the application relates,\n(b) duties imposed, under or by virtue of Part 4 of the Act, on a licence holder,\n(c) the mandatory licensing conditions, and\n(d) the implications of non-compliance with the mandatory licensing conditions.\n(4) The premises or vehicle identified in the application must have been inspected in accordance with the Special Procedures Approval Regulations.\n(5) In this regulation—\n“criminal record check” (“gwiriad cofnod troseddol”) means—\n(a) a criminal record certificate issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service under section 113A of the Police Act 1997;\n(b) where appropriate, an overseas criminal record certificate which is equivalent to a criminal record certificate;\n“regulated Level 2 Award” (“Dyfarniad Lefel 2 a reoleiddir”) means a Level 2 Award, regulated by Qualifications Wales, in Infection Prevention and Control for Special Procedures Practitioners.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The body corporate established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c. 50. Section 113A was inserted by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The application process for criminal record checks for an overseas applicant varies from country to country. Please see https:www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants for further guidance."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Qualifications Wales was established under section 2 of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/1244/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:23.576570+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."
}