(1)The Secretary of State may make any information held by him for the purposes of Part III of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988 available to the Police Information Technology Organisation for use by constables.
(2)In respect of any information made available to the Organisation under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by regulations—
(a)determine the purposes for which constables may be given access to the information,
(b)determine the circumstances in which any of the information to which they have been given access may be further disclosed by them.
(3)Before making any regulations applying in respect of constables in police forces in Scotland, the Secretary of State must, to the extent to which the regulations will so apply, consult the Scottish Ministers.
(4)In this section, “information” means information held in any form.
(5)Section 105(2)(b) of that Act (power by regulations to make particulars with respect to persons who are disqualified etc. available for use by the police) is to cease to have effect.
(1)In section 444 of the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996 (failure to secure regular attendance at school)—
(a)after subsection (1) there is inserted—
“(1A)If in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) the parent knows that his child is failing to attend regularly at the school and fails without reasonable justification to cause him to do so, he is guilty of an offence.”,
(b)in subsection (8), for “this section” there is substituted “subsection (1)”,
(c)after that subsection there is inserted—
“(8A)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1A) is liable on summary conviction—
(a)to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or
(b)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months,
or both.
(8B)If, on the trial of an offence under subsection (1A), the court finds the defendant not guilty of that offence but is satisfied that he is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), the court may find him guilty of that offence.”
(2)This section does not apply to an offence committed before the section comes into force.
In section 8(8) of the [1998 c. 37.] Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (parenting orders: persons who may be specified as the responsible officer), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—
“(bb)a person nominated by a person appointed as chief education officer under section 532 of the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996”.
Schedule 7 (which makes minor and consequential amendments) is to have effect.
The enactments specified in Schedule 8 are repealed to the extent specified.