http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8A

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8A/paragraph/56

Police Act 1997

An Act to make provision for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad; to make provision about entry on and interference with property and with wireless telegraphy in the course of the prevention or detection of serious crime; to make provision for the Police Information Technology Organisation; to provide for the issue of certificates about criminal records; to make provision about the administration and organisation of the police; to repeal certain enactments about rehabilitation of offenders; and for connected purposes.

1997-03-21

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Police Act 1997

s. 115(5)(ga)

Private Security Industry Act 2001

s. 21

s. 26(2)

Police Act 1997

s. 118(2ZA)

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012

art. 37(j)

Pt. 4

art. 1(1)

Police Act 1997

s. 113(4A)

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

s. 167(a)

s. 178(1)(a)

Police Act 1997

s. 115(9A)

(9B)

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

s. 167(a)

s. 178(1)(a)

Police Act 1997

s. 113(3G)

Education Act 2002

Sch. 12

para. 14

s. 210(8)

214(4)

s. 216(4)

art. 2

Police Act 1997

s. 115(5)(ec)

Education Act 2002

Sch. 12

para. 15(2)

s. 210(8)

214(4)

s. 216(4)

art. 2

Police Act 1997

s. 115(6BB)

Education Act 2002

Sch. 12

para. 15(3)

s. 210(8)

214(4)

s. 216(4)

art. 2

Police Act 1997

s. 113(3EA)

(3EB)

The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

art. 17(4)

art. 1(3)

art. 2

Police Act 1997

s. 113(3EC)

(3ED)

The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

art. 47(3)

art. 1(3)

art. 2

Police Act 1997

s. 113(3G)

Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003

s. 12(1)(c)

s. 22(2)

art. 2(1)

Police Act 1997

s. 113(4A)

Criminal Justice Act 2003

Sch. 35

para. 3(3)

s. 336(3)

(4)

Police Act 1997

s. 115(5)(ec)

Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003

s. 12(1)(c)

s. 22(2)

art. 2(1)

Police Act 1997

s. 115(6BB)

Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003

s. 12(1)(c)

s. 22(2)

art. 2(1)

Police Act 1997

s. 115(6EA)

The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

art. 17(5)

art. 1(3)

art. 2

Police Act 1997

s. 115(6EB)

The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

art. 47(4)

art. 1(3)

art. 2

Police Act 1997

s. 115(9A)

(9B)

Criminal Justice Act 2003

Sch. 35

para. 4(5)

s. 336(3)

(4)

Police Act 1997

s. 112(2A)

Policing and Crime Act 2009

s. 93

s. 116(1)

Police Act 1997

s. 118(2ZA)

Policing and Crime Act 2009

s. 95

s. 116(1)

Police Act 1997

s. 113(3)(e)

The Police Act 1997 Amendment (Scotland) Order 2006

art. 2(2)

art. 1(2)

Police Act 1997

s. 121(a)

Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006

s. 3(8)(a)

s. 104(1)

Police Act 1997

Sch. 8B

para. 102(ea)

Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023

s. 3(2)

s. 4(3)

Police Act 1997

s. 112(2A)

Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Justice Act (Northern-Ireland) 2011

s. 101

s. 111(3)

Police Act 1997

s. 113A(6A)-(6C)

Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

s. 188(b)

s. 186

s. 206(2)

Police Act 1997

Sch. 8A

para. 34G

The Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024

Sch. 5

para. 3

art. 1(3)

SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 8AF2Offences which must be disclosed unless a sheriff orders otherwise

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Schs. 8A, 8B inserted (S.) (8.2.2016) by The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423), arts. 1(2), 3(8) (with arts. 5-10, 12)

Sch. 8A title substituted (17.2.2018) by The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/52), arts. 1(2), 3(4)

Statutory offences

56Witness protection

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005—

a

section 86 (offence of disclosing information about protection arrangements); and

b

section 88 (offences of disclosing information relating to persons assuming new identity).