(1)The Secretary of State may make any information held by him for the purposes of Part III of the M1Road Traffic Act 1988 available to the [F1National Policing Improvement Agency] for use by constables [F2and members of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency].
(2)In respect of any information made available to the [F3National Policing Improvement Agency] under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by regulations—
(a)determine the purposes for which constables [F4and members of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency] may be given access to the information,
(b)determine the circumstances in which any of the information to which they have been given access may be further disclosed by them.
(3)Before making any regulations applying in respect of [F5constables of the Police Service of Scotland], the Secretary of State must, to the extent to which the regulations will so apply, consult the Scottish Ministers.
(4)In this section [F6—
“constables” includes —
[F7(a) persons appointed by a chief constable under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (civilian staff of police forces outside London),
(aa)persons appointed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act (civilian staff of metropolitan police force),]
[F8(b)police staff within the meaning of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012,]
(c)police support staff (within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000), and
(d)persons employed by the British Transport Police Authority under section 27(1) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 who are under the direction and control of the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force],
“information” means information held in any form.
F9(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(2); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)
F2Words in s. 71(1) inserted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 161; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10
F3Words in s. 71(2) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(3); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)
F4Words in s. 71(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 161; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10
F5Words in s. 71(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 35(a)
F6Words in s. 71(4) inserted (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 123(1), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(k)
F7Words in s. 71(4) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 248; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 60)
F8S. 71(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 35(b)
F9S. 71(5) repealed (12.1.2009) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(6)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. 13
Commencement Information
I1S. 71 partly in force; s. 71 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 80; s. 71(1)-(4) in force at 29.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3385, art. 2
Marginal Citations
(1)In section 444 of the M2Education Act 1996 (failure to secure regular attendance at school)—
(a)after subsection (1) there is inserted—
“(1A)If in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) the parent knows that his child is failing to attend regularly at the school and fails without reasonable justification to cause him to do so, he is guilty of an offence.”,
(b)in subsection (8), for “this section” there is substituted “ subsection (1) ”,
(c)after that subsection there is inserted—
“(8A)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1A) is liable on summary conviction—
(a)to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or
(b)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months,
or both.
(8B)If, on the trial of an offence under subsection (1A), the court finds the defendant not guilty of that offence but is satisfied that he is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), the court may find him guilty of that offence.”
(2)This section does not apply to an offence committed before the section comes into force.
Marginal Citations
In section 8(8) of the M3Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (parenting orders: persons who may be specified as the responsible officer), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—
“(bb)a person nominated by a person appointed as chief education officer under section 532 of the M4Education Act 1996”.
Schedule 7 (which makes minor and consequential amendments) is to have effect.
Commencement Information
I2S. 74 partly in force; s. 74 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 80; s. 74 in force for specified purposes at 20.6.2001 and 2.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2232, art. 2(k)
I3S. 74 in force at 2.9.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/2171, art. 2