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The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2014 No. 28

Criminal Law

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made

5th February 2014

Coming into operation

14th April 2014

The Department of Justice makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(A)(6), 125(1) and (5) of the Police Act 1997(1) as modified by section 126A of that Act(2).

Citation and commencement.

1.  These regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, and shall come into operation on 14th April 2014.

Amendment to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

2.—(1) The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(3) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 7(2)(a) substitute–

(a)convictions, cautions, diversionary youth conferences and informed warnings held in the criminal history database of the Causeway system..

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 5th February 2014

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David Ford

Minister of Justice

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and make provision for AccessNI to disclose in the course of issuing standard and enhanced criminal record certificates information in relation to cautions, diversionary youth conferences and informed warnings held on the criminal history database on the Causeway system.

These Regulations come into operation on 14th April 2014.

(1)

1997 c.50: section 113A was inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (2005 c.15).

(2)

Section 126A was inserted by article 12 and paragraph 38 of Schedule 14 to S.I. 2010/976 and transfers the section 113A(6) powers of the Secretary of State to the Department of Justice.

(3)

S.I. 2008/542 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations; the Secretary of State’s functions under these Regulations are transferred to the Department of Justice by Article 17 of S.I. 2010/976

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