The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 No. 16

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2023 No. 16

Criminal Law

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

20th February 2023

Coming into operation-

20th March 2023

The Department of Justice makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113B(2)(b), 113BB(1), 125(1) and (5) of the Police Act 1997(1) as modified by section 126A(2) of that Act.

(1)

1997 c. 50. Section 113B of the 1997 Act was inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (2005 c. 15). Section 113BB(1) of the 1997 Act was inserted by paragraph 14(4) of Schedule 9 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (2006 c. 47) as modified by section 126(3) of the 1997 Act. Section 125(1) of the 1997 Act (as modified by section 126A(2)) provides that anything authorised or required by any provision of Part 5 of the 1997 Act to be prescribed shall be prescribed by regulations made by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.

(2)

Section 126A was inserted by Article 12 and paragraph 38 of Schedule 14 to S.I. 2010/976.