Part V Certificates of Criminal Records, &c.
117 Disputes about F1accuracy of certificatesF1certificates and up-date information.
(1)
F4(1A)
Where any person other than the applicant believes that the information contained in a certificate under any of sections 112 to 116 is inaccurate, that person may make an application in writing to F5DBS for a decision as to whether or not the information is inaccurate.
F6(1B)
Where a person believes that the wrong up-date information has been given under section 116A in relation to the person's certificate, the person may make an application in writing to F7DBS for corrected up-date information.
(2)
F8The Secretary of State F8DBS shall consider any application under this section; and where F9he F9it is of the opinion that the information in the certificate is inaccurate F10, or that the wrong up-date information has been given, F9he F9it shall issue a new certificate F11or (as the case may be) corrected up-date information.
F12(2A)
In this section—
“corrected up-date information”, in relation to a certificate, means information which includes—
(a)
information that the wrong up-date information was given in relation to the certificate on a particular date, and
(b)
new up-date information in relation to the certificate,
“up-date information” has the same meaning as in section 116A.
F13(3)
An application under this section may, in particular, request a review of any information contained in a certificate by virtue of section 113B(4).
(4)
The Scottish Ministers, on receiving such a request, must ask the chief officer of the relevant police force who provided that information to reconsider whether the chief officer still thinks that the information concerned might be relevant for the purpose in respect of which it was requested.