Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 700
POLICE, england and wales
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Made
6th March 2007
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2007
Coming into force
1st April 2007
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 113A(6) of the Police Act 1997( 1 ), having regard to section 125(1) of that Act:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment of the 2002 Regulations
2. For regulation 9 (central records: prescribed details) of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002( 2 ) substitute—
“ Central records: prescribed details
9. Information in any form relating to convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings ( 3 ) on a names database held by the National Policing Improvement Agency for the use of constables is prescribed as “central records” for the purposes of section 113A(6) of the Police Act 1997 (including that provision as applied by sections 114(3) ( 4 ) and 116(3) ( 5 ) ). ” .
Joan Ryan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
6th March 2007
1997 c.50 . Section 113A of the Police Act 1997 was inserted by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) , section 163(2).
S.I. 2002/233 , which has been amended by S.I. 2003/137 , S.I. 2003/520 , S.I. 2003/1418 , S.I. 2004/1759 , S.I. 2006/748 and S.I. 2006/2181 .
Under section 65 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) references to cautions in earlier Acts should be construed as including references to young persons or children receiving reprimands or warnings.
Section 114(3) of the Police Act 1997 has been amended by Schedule 14 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and by section 63(1) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c.47) , though this amendment is not yet in force.
Section 116(3) of the Police Act 1997 has been amended by Schedule 14 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and by section 63(1) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, though this amendment is not yet in force.