Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force section 71(1) to (4) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 on 29th October 2001.
Section 71 empowers the Secretary of State to make information, inter alia that which is contained in the driving licences register maintained by him under the Road Traffic Act 1988, available to the Police Information Technology Organisation for use by constables. It also provides for regulations to be made specifying the purposes for which constables may be given access to the information and the circumstances in which any of the information to which they have been given access may be further disclosed by them.