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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 71:
- s. 64(1)(a) (aa) substituted for s. 64(1)(a) by 2003 c. 44 s. 266(2)
- s. 64(4A) inserted by 2003 c. 44 s. 266(3)
- s. 64(5)(f) and word inserted by 2003 c. 44 s. 266(4)
- s. 64(8) words inserted by 2021 c. 11 Sch. 13 para. 38(5)
- Sch. 1A para. 2(2)(ia) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 26(2)
- Sch. 1A para. 5(7)(8) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 26(3)
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 64(1)(a) (aa) substituted for s. 64(1)(a) by 2003 c. 44 s. 266(2)
- s. 64(4A) inserted by 2003 c. 44 s. 266(3)
- s. 64(5)(f) and word inserted by 2003 c. 44 s. 266(4)
- s. 64(8) words inserted by 2021 c. 11 Sch. 13 para. 38(5)
- Sch. 1A para. 2(2)(ia) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 26(2)
- Sch. 1A para. 5(7)(8) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 26(3)
71 Access to driver licensing records.U.K.
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(1)The Secretary of State may make any information held by him for the purposes of Part III of the M1Road Traffic Act 1988 available F1... for use by constables [F2and [F3National Crime Agency officers]].
(2)In respect of any information made available F4... under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by regulations—
(a)determine the purposes for which [F5information may be made available to] constables [F6and [F7National Crime Agency officers]] F8...,
(b)determine the circumstances in which any of the information [F9made available to them] may be further disclosed by them.
(3)Before making any regulations applying in respect of [F10constables of the Police Service of Scotland], the Secretary of State must, to the extent to which the regulations will so apply, consult the Scottish Ministers.
(4)In this section [F11—
“constables” includes —
[F12(a) persons appointed by a chief constable under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (civilian staff of police forces outside London),
(aa)persons appointed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act (civilian staff of metropolitan police force),]
[F13(b)police staff within the meaning of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012,]
(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.
F14(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 71(1) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 105(2)(a); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F2Words 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
F3Words in s. 71(1) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 105(2)(b); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F4Words in s. 71(2) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 105(3)(a); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F5Words in s. 71(2)(a) inserted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 105(3)(b)(i); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F6Words 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
F7Words in s. 71(2)(a) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 105(3)(b)(ii); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F8Words in s. 71(2)(a) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 105(3)(b)(iii); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F9Words in s. 71(2)(b) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 105(3)(c); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F10Words in s. 71(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 35(a)
F11Words 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)
F12Words in s. 71(4) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 248; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 60)
F13S. 71(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 35(b)
F14S. 71(5) repealed (12.1.2009) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(6)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. 13
Commencement Information
I1S. 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
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