Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2702
Police, England And Wales
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010
Made
8th November 2010
Laid before Parliament
10th November 2010
Coming into force
6th December 2010
The Secretary of State, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 113B(9) of the Police Act 1997( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 6th December 2010.
(2) In these Regulations “the 2002 Regulations” mean the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002( 2 ).
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment of regulation 10 of the 2002 Regulations
2. —(1) Regulation 10( 3 ) of the 2002 Regulations (enhanced criminal record certificates: relevant police forces) is amended as follows.
(2) For sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“ (a) where information is held in relation to the applicant in the record of convictions and cautions held for the use of police forces generally, the police force in whose area the applicant currently resides; ” .
(3) Omit sub-paragraph (aa).
(4) For sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“ (b) where it appears to the Secretary of State that information is held by a police force in relation to the applicant other than in the record of convictions and cautions held for the use of police forces generally, the police force which appears to be holding that information; ” .
(5) Omit sub-paragraphs (ba) to (bd).
(6) For sub-paragraph (c) substitute—
“ (c) where the application is made in relation to a prescribed purpose which is to be carried out primarily at the applicant’s place of residence, the police force in whose area the applicant currently resides; ” .
(7) Omit sub-paragraph (ca).
Lynne Featherstone
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
8th November 2010
1997 c. 50 . Section 113B was inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) and was amended by section 63(1) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 9 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47) , section 378 of, and paragraph 149 to Schedule 16 to, the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) and S.I. 2009/203 .
S.I. 2002/233 as amended by S.I. 2003/137 , 2003/520 , 2003/1418 , 2004/1759 , 2005/347 , 2006/748 , 2006/2181 , 2007/700 , 2007/1892 , 2007/3224 , 2008/2143 , 2009/460 , 2009/1882 , 2009/2428 and 2010/817 .
Regulation 10 was amended by S.I. 2006/748 , 2006/2181 and 2009/460 .