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.