The National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made: 17th October 2016

Laid before Parliament: 20th October 2016

Coming into force: 14th November 2016

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(4) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984[^f00001], makes the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 14th November 2016.

Amendment of the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000

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• (1) The Schedule to the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) After paragraph 3 insert—

(3A) section 31(1)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998[^f00003] (offence of racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress);

Signed

Brandon Lewis — Minister of State — Home Office — 17th October 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000 to make an offence contrary to section 31(1)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress) a recordable offence.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 60.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2000/1139 as amended by S.I. 2003/2823, S.I. 2005/3106, S.I. 2007/2121 and S.I. 2012/1713.

[^f00003]: 1998 c. 37; section 31(1) was amended by section 39 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (2001 c. 24).