The Justice (2015 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Provisions coming into operation on 2nd November 2015

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the 2015 Act is 2nd November 2015—

(a) section 37(1) (restriction on information provided to certain persons);

(b) section 37(2) (procedure for certain cancellations or suspensions of registration) to the extent necessary to bring into operation section 120AC (registered persons: information on the progress of an application) of the Police Act 1997(1);

(c) section 38 (minimum age for applicants for certificates or to be registered);

(d) section 39 (additional grounds for refusing an application to be registered);

(e) section 40 (enhanced criminal record certificates: additional safeguards);

(f) section 44 (electronic transmission of applications);

(g) section 45 (disclosures by Department of Justice to Disclosure and Barring Service);

(h) section 46 (inclusion of cautions and other divisionary disposals in criminal records);

(i) section 47 (consequential amendments);

(j) section 66(2)(d) and (3)(d) (notification requirements: changes) for the purposes of making regulations;

(k) section 67(5)(a) (notification requirements: periodic notification) for the purposes of making regulations;

(l) section 69(2) and (3) (notification requirements: travel outside the United Kingdom) for the purpose of making regulations;

(m) in Schedule 5 (amendments: criminal records)—

(i) paragraphs 1 to 5, 10 to 14, 17 and 20;

(ii) paragraph 7(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraphs (2) and (4);

(iii) paragraph 8(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraph (3);

(iv) paragraph 9(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraphs (2), (5) and (6);

(v) paragraph 15(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraph (4);

(vi) paragraph 16(1) in so far as it brings into operation sub-paragraph (5);

(vii) paragraph 18 to the extent necessary to bring into operation section 120AC(1); and

(viii) paragraph 19 to the extent necessary to bring into operation section 120AC.

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1997 c.50.