1989 No. 694

POLICE

The National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 27(4) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 19841, I hereby make the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st June 1989.

2

In regulation 2(1) of the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 19852 there shall be substituted for the words following“telecommunications system);” the following provisions:

c

section 29 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (penalisation of tampering with vehicles);

d

section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 (offence of sending letters etc. with intent to cause distress or anxiety); and

e

section 139(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offence of having article with blade or point in public place).

Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of StateHome Office

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 1985, which make provision for recording in national police records convictions for offences punishable with imprisonment and for specified offences which are not so punishable.

The Regulations add to the offences specified in the 1985 Regulations offences under section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 (c. 27), for which the maximum penalty is a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, and section 139(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), for which the maximum penalty is a fine not exceeding level 3. The Regulations come into force on 1st June 1989.