EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made immediately after, come into force simultaneously with, and make minor amendments to, the Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3141) in relation to the transposition of a number of provisions of Council Framework Decision 2003/577/JHA of 22nd July 2003 on the execution in the European Union of orders freezing property or evidence (OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p.45), Council Framework Decision 2006/783/JHA of 6th October 2006 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to confiscation orders (OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p.59), Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18th December 2006 on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the Member States of the European Union (OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p.89), Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA of 27th November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (OJ L 350, 30.12.2008, p.60), Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26th February 2009 on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between Member States (OJ L 93, 7.4.2009, p.23), and Council Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA of 23rd October 2009 on the application, between Member States of the European Union, of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention (OJ L 294, 11.11.2009, p.20).

A relevant impact assessment in respect of the Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014, was laid before Parliament in July 2014 (Cm 8897), and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-pursuant-to-article-105-of-protocol-36-to-the-treaty-on-the-functioning-of-the-european-union.