Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000

71 Access to driver licensing records. U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may make any information held by him for the purposes of Part III of the M1 Road Traffic Act 1988 available to the [F1 National Policing Improvement Agency] for use by constables [F2 and members of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency].

(2) In respect of any information made available to the [F3 National Policing Improvement Agency] under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by regulations—

(a) determine the purposes for which constables [F4 and members of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency] may be given access to the information,

(b) determine the circumstances in which any of the information to which they have been given access may be further disclosed by them.

(3) Before making any regulations applying in respect of constables in police forces in Scotland, the Secretary of State must, to the extent to which the regulations will so apply, consult the Scottish Ministers.

(4) In this section [F5 —

“constables” includes —

(a) persons employed by a police authority under section 15(1) of the Police Act 1996 who are under the direction and control of the chief officer of police of the police force maintained by that authority,

(b) persons employed by a police authority under section 9(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 who are under the direction and control of the chief constable of the police force maintained for the authority's area,

(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.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(2); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)

F2 Words 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

F3 Words in s. 71(2) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(3); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)

F4 Words 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

F5 Words 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)

F6 S. 71(5) repealed (12.1.2009) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(6)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. 13

Commencement Information

I1 S. 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

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c. 52.