The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Made: 14th March 2022

Laid before Parliament: 16th March 2022

Coming into force: 6th April 2022

The Secretary of State, 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], makes the following Regulations.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 6th April 2022.

• (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendments to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002

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• (1) The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002[^f00002] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 3A (fee for criminal conviction certificates), for “£23” substitute “£18”.

• (3) In regulation 4(1) (fees for criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal record certificates)—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£23” substitute “£18”;

• (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£40” substitute “£38”.

Signed

Rachel Maclean — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Home Office — 14th March 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the prescribed fees in the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/233). The fees for criminal conviction certificates (also known as basic certificates) are reduced from £23 to £18. The fees for criminal record certificates (also known as standard certificates) are reduced from £23 to £18, and the fees for enhanced criminal record certificates are reduced from £40 to £38.

The amended fees apply to applications for criminal conviction certificates, criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal records certificates in England and Wales.

An impact assessment has not been published for these Regulations as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen independent of the provisions these Regulations bring into force.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1997 c. 50. Section 112(1)(b) was substituted in Scotland by S.S.I. 2006/50 leaving the original in force in England and Wales. Sections 113A and 113B were inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), and amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), by section 80(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) and by S.I. 2012/3006. Section 125 was inserted by section 151 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) and amended by S.I. 2007/3340, S.I. 2007/3341 and S.I. 2005/3496. There are other amending instruments but none are relevant.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2002/233. Regulation 3A was inserted by S.I. 2014/239 and amended by S.I. 2019/1107. Regulation 4 was substituted by S.I. 2020/359.