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The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

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Publication 2024-02-01

Last updated 2024-04-01

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Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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Made: 1st February 2024

Coming into operation: 1st April 2024

The Department of Justice makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 112(1)(b), 113A(1)(b), 113B(1)(b) and 125(1) and (5) of the Police Act 1997[^f00001], as modified by section 126A[^f00002] of that Act.

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2024.

Amendment of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulation (Northern Ireland) 2008

2

(1) The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008[^f00003] are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 4(1) (Fees for disclosure) substitute—

(4) (1) The fee payable in relation to an application for the issue of a basic or standard disclosure is £16 and the fee payable in relation to an application for an enhanced disclosure is £32.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 1st February 2024

Richard Pengelly CB — A senior officer of the Department of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (“the disclosure Regulations”).

The effect of the amendment to regulation 4 of the disclosure regulations is to reduce the fee for a basic and standard disclosure from £18 to £16 and to reduce the fee for an enhanced disclosure from £33 to £32.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1997 c.50. Sections 113A and 113B were inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (2005 c. 15).

[^f00002]: Section 126A was inserted by Article 12 and paragraph 38 of Schedule 14 to S.I. 2010/976.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2008/542. Relevant amending Regulations are S.I. 2009/3334, S.R. 2010 No. 229, S.R. 2014 No. 265 and S.R. 2019 No. 28; the Secretary of State’s functions under these Regulations are transferred to the Department of Justice by Article 17 of S.I. 2010/976.

Editorial notes

[^key-913cb50bcb2e02a35fb7583c73f537e1]: Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1

[^key-20da81b75a4fb841365c7e80c699ac09]: Reg. 2 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1

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