Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000

71 Access to driver licensing records

(1) The Secretary of State may make any information held by him for the purposes of Part III of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988 available to the Police Information Technology Organisation for use by constables.

(2) In respect of any information made available to the Organisation under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by regulations—

(a) determine the purposes for which constables may be given access to the information,

(b) determine the circumstances in which any of the information to which they have been given access may be further disclosed by them.

(3) Before making any regulations applying in respect of constables in police forces in Scotland, the Secretary of State must, to the extent to which the regulations will so apply, consult the Scottish Ministers.

(4) In this section, “information” means information held in any form.

(5) Section 105(2)(b) of that Act (power by regulations to make particulars with respect to persons who are disqualified etc. available for use by the police) is to cease to have effect.