Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 367
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
11th February 2004
Laid before Parliament
16th February 2004
Coming into force
Regulations 1, 3 and 4
9th March 2004
Regulation 2
1st April 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 113(1)(b), 114(1)(b), 115(1)(b) and 116(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997( 1 ), and having regard to the meaning of “prescribed” in section 119(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2004.
(2) Regulations 1, 3 and 4 of these Regulations shall come into force on 9th March 2004 and regulation 2 shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
(3) In these Regulations “the 2002 Regulations” means the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002( 2 ).
(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Fees for criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal record certificates
2. —(1) In regulation 4 of the 2002 Regulations for “£24” there shall be substituted “£28”.
(2) In regulation 4A of the 2002 Regulations for “£29” there shall be substituted “£33”.
Fees payable to police authorities for information provided to the Secretary of State
3. In regulation 12 of the 2002 Regulations for the words “section 115 or 116” there shall be substituted “section 115, 116 or 120A(4)”.
4. For Schedule 3 to the 2002 Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule to these Regulations.
Hazel Blears
Minister of State
Home Office
11th February 2004
Regulation 4
SCHEDULE FEES PAYABLE TO POLICE AUTHORITIES
| Police Force | Fee per request |
|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset | £2.74 |
| Bedfordshire | £4.09 |
| Cambridgeshire | £3.12 |
| Cheshire | £4.82 |
| City of London | £3.99 |
| Cleveland | £4.84 |
| Cumbria | £2.57 |
| Derbyshire | £3.09 |
| Devon & Cornwall | £2.74 |
| Dorset | £2.50 |
| Durham | £2.68 |
| Dyfed-Powys | £2.57 |
| Essex | £2.54 |
| Gloucestershire | £2.96 |
| Greater Manchester | £2.27 |
| Gwent | £4.82 |
| Hampshire | £2.67 |
| Hertfordshire | £2.97 |
| Humberside | £2.09 |
| Kent | £3.31 |
| Lancashire | £2.39 |
| Leicestershire | £3.20 |
| Lincolnshire | £2.21 |
| Merseyside | £2.47 |
| Metropolitan | £9.86 |
| Norfolk | £3.30 |
| North Wales | £3.29 |
| North Yorkshire | £2.61 |
| Northamptonshire | £3.32 |
| Northumbria | £1.71 |
| Nottinghamshire | £2.17 |
| South Wales | £2.49 |
| South Yorkshire | £2.79 |
| Staffordshire | £2.35 |
| Suffolk | £4.04 |
| Surrey | £2.77 |
| Sussex | £2.83 |
| Thames Valley | £2.54 |
| Warwickshire | £2.56 |
| West Mercia | £2.27 |
| West Midlands | £2.16 |
| West Yorkshire | £2.08 |
| Wiltshire | £2.53 |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | £7.13 |
| Central Scotland | £5.00 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | £5.00 |
| Fife | £5.00 |
| Grampian | £5.00 |
| Lothian & Borders | £5.00 |
| Northern | £5.00 |
| Strathclyde | £5.00 |
| Tayside | £5.00 |
1997 c. 50 ; there have been amendments to sections 113 to 116 which are not relevant to the subject matter of these regulations. Section 119(3) was amended by sections 325 and 425 of, and paragraph 112 of Schedule 27 and Part 7 of Schedule 34 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and by section 134(2)(c) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) .