Amendment of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002

2.—(1) The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5A—

(a)for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)considering the applicant’s suitability in the circumstances set out in regulation 5C;”;

(b)for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)considering the applicant’s suitability in the circumstances set out in regulation 5B;”;

(c)at the appropriate place insert—

“(zf) considering the applicant’s suitability to obtain or hold a taxi driver licence.”.

(3) In regulation 5B—

(a)for the heading substitute “Work with adults”;

(b)in paragraph (1), for “For the purposes of regulation 5A(b) “work with adults” means” substitute “The circumstances referred to in regulation 5A(b) are”.

(4) In regulation 5C—

(a)for the heading substitute “Work with children”;

(b)for “For the purposes of regulation 5A(a) “work with children” means” substitute “The circumstances referred to in regulation 5A(a) are”;

(c)omit paragraph (h).