The Crime and Disorder (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2007

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Disorder (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.

(2) In these Regulations—

“area” means a local government area;

“depersonalised information” means information that does not constitute personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998(1);

“general postcode address” means the outward part of the postcode of an address;

“hospital” means a hospital as defined in section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006(2) that provides services on behalf of a Primary Care Trust or a Local Health Board;

“information period” means each consecutive period of three months beginning on 1st July 2007;

“school” has the meaning given to it in section 4 of the Education Act 1996(3); and

“the 1998 Act ” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Sharing of Information by Responsible Authorities

2.  The information prescribed for the purposes of section 17A of the 1998 Act is depersonalised information of the description specified in the Schedule for the information period.

3.—(1) The interval at which the information of the description specified in the Schedule is to be disclosed is prescribed for the purposes of section 17A of the 1998 Act as by the end of the information period following that to which the information relates.

(2) The first information period within which information shall be disclosed is the period beginning on 1st October 2007.

4.  The form prescribed for the purposes of section 17A of the 1998 Act as the form in which the information of the description specified in the Schedule is to be disclosed is electronically.

Scotland of Asthal, Q.C.

Minister of State

Home Office

22nd June 2007