Provisions coming into operation on 2nd November 20152

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the 2015 Act is 2nd November 2015—

a

section 37(1) (restriction on information provided to certain persons);

b

section 37(2) (procedure for certain cancellations or suspensions of registration) to the extent necessary to bring into operation section 120AC (registered persons: information on the progress of an application) of the Police Act 19972;

c

section 38 (minimum age for applicants for certificates or to be registered);

d

section 39 (additional grounds for refusing an application to be registered);

e

section 40 (enhanced criminal record certificates: additional safeguards);

f

section 44 (electronic transmission of applications);

g

section 45 (disclosures by Department of Justice to Disclosure and Barring Service);

h

section 46 (inclusion of cautions and other divisionary disposals in criminal records);

i

section 47 (consequential amendments);

j

section 66(2)(d) and (3)(d) (notification requirements: changes) for the purposes of making regulations;

k

section 67(5)(a) (notification requirements: periodic notification) for the purposes of making regulations;

l

section 69(2) and (3) (notification requirements: travel outside the United Kingdom) for the purpose of making regulations;

m

in Schedule 5 (amendments: criminal records)—

i

paragraphs 1 to 5, 10 to 14, 17 and 20;

ii

paragraph 7(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraphs (2) and (4);

iii

paragraph 8(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraph (3);

iv

paragraph 9(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraphs (2), (5) and (6);

v

paragraph 15(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraph (4);

vi

paragraph 16(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraph (5);

vii

paragraph 18 to the extent necessary to bring into operation section 120AC(1); and

viii

paragraph 19 to the extent necessary to bring into operation section 120AC.