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PART 1 SINGLE JURISDICTION FOR COUNTY COURTS AND MAGISTRATES' COURTS
38.Minimum age for applicants for certificates or to be registered
39.Additional grounds for refusing an application to be registered
40.Enhanced criminal record certificates: additional safeguards
45.Disclosures by Department of Justice to Disclosure and Barring Service
46.Inclusion of cautions and other diversionary disposals in criminal records
PART 8 VIOLENT OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDERS
Personal samples, DNA profiles and fingerprints
83.Power to take further fingerprints or non-intimate samples
84.Retention of material: persons convicted of an offence in England and Wales or Scotland
85.Retention of DNA profiles or fingerprints: persons given a prosecutorial fine
86.Power to retain DNA profile or fingerprints in connection with different offence
87.Retention of personal samples that are or may be disclosable
Causing or allowing child or vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm
SCHEDULES
AMENDMENTS: SINGLE JURISDICTION
The Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland) 1860 (c. 154)
The Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1871 (c. 49)
The Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act (1879) Amendment Act 1883 (c. 7)
The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 (c. 33)
The Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1935 (c. 13)
The Water Supplies and Sewerage Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 17)
The Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (c. 9)
The Agricultural Produce (Meat Regulation and Pig Industry) Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 13)
The Agricultural Marketing Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 13)
The Maintenance and Affiliation Orders Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 35)
The Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 29)
The Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34)
The Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24)
The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18)
The Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (NI 14)
The Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (NI 4)
The Criminal Damage (Compensation)(Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (NI 14)
The Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 15)
The Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 17)
The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (NI 8)
The Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (NI 14)
The Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (NI 15)
The Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 6)
The Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 8)
The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 26)
The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (NI 11)
The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (NI 15)
The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 4)
The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12)
The Road Traffic (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 3)
The Road Traffic (Offenders) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 10)
The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 23)
The Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 6)
The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 9)
The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 21)
The Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)
The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (NI 4)
The Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 10)
The Anti-Social Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 15)
The Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (SR 2004/246)
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (NI 2)
The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23)
AMENDMENTS: DIRECT COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL
The Grand Jury (Abolition) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 15)
The Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 8)
The Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (NI 16)
The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12)
The Children's Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 3)
The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 10)
The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 9)
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION: VICTIM AND WITNESS SUPPORT SERVICES AND VICTIM INFORMATION SCHEMES
1.(1) Section 113A (criminal record certificates) is amended as follows....
2.(1) Section 113B (enhanced criminal record certificates) is amended as...
3.In section 113BC(1) (suitability information: power to amend) after paragraph...
4.In section 114(3) (application of other provisions of Part 5...
5.In section 116(3) (application of other provisions of Part 5...
6.(1) Section 117 (disputes about accuracy of certificates) is amended...
7.(1) Section 118 (evidence of identity) is amended as follows....
8.(1) Section 119 (sources of information) is amended as follows....
9.(1) Section 119B (independent monitor) is amended as follows.
10.(1) Section 120 (registered persons) is amended as follows.
11.(1) Section 120ZA (regulations about registration) is amended as follows....
12.In section 120A(4) (provision of information about suitability of registered...
13.(1) Section 120AA (refusal, cancellation or suspension of registration on...
14.In section 120AB(8)(a) (exception from procedure for cancellation or suspension)...
15.(1) Section 122 (code of practice) is amended as follows—...
16.(1) Section 124 (offences: disclosure) is amended as follows.
17.(1) Section 124A (offences relating to disclosure of information obtained...
19.(1) In section 126(1) (interpretation of Part 5) is amended...
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (NI 11)
AMENDMENTS: SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM TO CHILD OR VULNERABLE ADULT
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