Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000

Chapter I U.K. General

71 Access to driver licensing records. U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may make any information held by him for the purposes of Part III of the M1 Road Traffic Act 1988 available to the [F1 National Policing Improvement Agency] for use by constables [F2 and members of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency].

(2) In respect of any information made available to the [F3 National Policing Improvement Agency] under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by regulations—

(a) determine the purposes for which constables [F4 and members of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency] 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 [F5 —

“constables” includes —

(a) persons employed by a police authority under section 15(1) of the Police Act 1996 who are under the direction and control of the chief officer of police of the police force maintained by that authority,

(b) persons employed by a police authority under section 9(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 who are under the direction and control of the chief constable of the police force maintained for the authority's area,

(c) police support staff (within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000), and

(d) persons employed by the British Transport Police Authority under section 27(1) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 who are under the direction and control of the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force],

“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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(2); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)

F2 Words in s. 71(1) inserted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 161; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10

F3 Words in s. 71(2) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(3); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)

F4 Words in s. 71(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 161; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10

F5 Words in s. 71(4) inserted (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 123(1), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(k)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 71 partly in force; s. 71 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 80; s. 71(1)-(4) in force at 29.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3385, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c. 52.

72 Failure to secure regular attendance at school. E+W

(1) In section 444 of the M2 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.

Marginal Citations

M2 1996 c. 56.

73 Parenting orders: responsible officer. E+W

In section 8(8) of the M3 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 M4 Education Act 1996”.

Marginal Citations

M3 1998 c. 37.

M4 1996 c. 56.

74 Amendments. E+W

Schedule 7 (which makes minor and consequential amendments) is to have effect.

Commencement Information

I2 S. 74 partly in force; s. 74 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 80; s. 74 in force for specified purposes at 20.6.2001 and 2.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2232, art. 2(k)

I3 S. 74 in force at 2.9.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/2171, art. 2

Prospective

75 Repeals. E+W

The enactments specified in Schedule 8 are repealed to the extent specified.