The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 16) Order 2020

Commencement

2.  Section 163(2)(1) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (criminal record certificates) comes into force for the purpose of inserting subsections (1) and (2) of section 113E of the Police Act 1997(2) (criminal record certificates: specified children’s list: urgent cases)—

(a) on 27th March 2020 in so far as those subsections relate to applications for an enhanced criminal record certificate under section 113B of the Police Act 1997 (enhanced criminal record certificates)(3) made—

(i) by a person who is registered, or who the Registrar is considering registering, as a nurse, midwife or nursing associate (individually or as part of a specified group) under article 9A of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (temporary registration in emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc)(4);

(ii) by a person who is registered, or who the Registrar is considering registering, as a member of a relevant profession (individually or as part of a specified group) under article 9A of the Health Professions Order 2001 (temporary registration in emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc)(5);

(iii) by a person who is registered, or who the regulator is considering registering, as a social worker (individually or as part of a specified group) under regulation 12A of the Social Workers Regulations 2018 (temporary registration in emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc)(6);

(iv) by a person who is registered, or who the registrar is considering registering, as a social worker (individually or as part of a specified group) under section 83A of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (temporary registration in emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc)(7);

(v) by a person who is registered, or who the Registrar is considering registering, as a fully registered medical practitioner (individually or as part of a specified group) under section 18A of the Medical Act 1983 (temporary registration with regard to emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc)(8);

(vi) by a person who is registered, or who the Registrar is considering registering, as a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician (individually or as part of a specified group) under article 34 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (temporary entry with regard to emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc)(9);

(vii) for the purposes of considering the applicant’s suitability for employment for the purposes of providing, or being engaged to provide, NHS health services or social care services in connection with, or in consequence of, the provision of care or treatment to a person who has, or is suspected of having, coronavirus disease as defined by section 1 of the Coronavirus Act 2020(10), whether or not in respect of that disease;

(b) immediately after the coming into force of section 9(8) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (compensation for emergency volunteers) in so far as those subsections relate to applications for an enhanced criminal record certificate under section 113B of the Police Act 1997 from a person who is approved by the appropriate authority, or who the appropriate authority is considering approving, as an emergency volunteer in health or social care under section 9(8)(a) of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

(1)

Section 163(2) has been partially commenced by S.I. 2006/378; S.I. 2006/2182; S.I. 2007/3064; S.I. 2008/306 and S.I. 2015/188.

(2)

1997 c. 50.

(3)

Section 113B was inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

(4)

S.I. 2002/253. This Order was modified by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7).

(5)

S.I. 2002/254. This Order was modified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Coronavirus Act 2020.

(6)

S.I. 2018/893. These Regulations were modified by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Coronavirus Act 2020.

(7)

2016 anaw 2. This Act was modified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Coronavirus Act 2020.

(8)

1983 c. 54. Section 18A was inserted by S.I. 2008/1774.

(9)

S.I. 2010/231.

(10)

2020 c. 7.