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Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

2012 CHAPTER 9

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Part 5: Safeguarding vulnerable groups, criminal records etc.
Chapter 2 of Part 5: Criminal Records
Section 85: Inclusion of cautions etc. in national police records

345.Section 85 amends section 27 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“PACE”) so that cautions, reprimands and warnings are recorded on the Police National Computer (“PNC”) in exactly the same way as convictions. The PNC needs to hold all relevant records when applications for criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal record certificates are made so that relevant matters can be disclosed. This section will give the same statutory authority for putting cautions etc on the PNC as already exists for convictions

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