The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2006

Amendment of Schedule 1

8.  In Part IV of Schedule 1, insert in the appropriate alphabetical positions—

““assistants to justices’ clerks” has the meaning given by section 27(5) of the Courts Act 2003(1);

“court contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract with the Lord Chancellor under section 2(4) of the Courts Act 2003, such a person’s sub-contractor, and persons acting under the authority of such a contractor or sub-contractor for the purpose of discharging the Lord Chancellor’s general duty in relation to the courts;

“court officer” means a person appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 2(1) of the Courts Act 2003;

“court security officers” has the meaning given by section 51 of the Courts Act 2003;

“funds in court” has the meaning given by section 47 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982(2);

“home inspector” means a person who is a member of a certification scheme approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 164(3) of the Housing Act 2004(3);

“judges of the Supreme Court” means the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Lords Justices of Appeal and the puisne judges of the High Court;

“members of the judiciary” means persons appointed to any office by virtue of which the holder has power (whether alone or with others) under any enactment or rule of law to determine any question affecting the rights, privileges, obligations or liabilities of any person;

“personal information” means any information which is of a personal or confidential nature and is not in the public domain and it includes information in any form but excludes anything disclosed for the purposes of proceedings in a particular cause or matter;

“removal centre” and “short-term holding facility” have the meaning given by section 147 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(4);

“tribunal security officers” means persons who, in the course of their work, guard tribunal buildings, offices and other accommodation used in relation to tribunals against unauthorised access or occupation, against outbreaks of disorder or against damage;

“tribunals” means any person exercising the judicial power of the State, that is not a court listed in section 1(1) of the Courts Act 2003(5);”.

(1)

2003 c.39.

(2)

1982 c.53.

(3)

2004 c.34.

(4)

1999 c.33. Section 147 was amended by section 66 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c.41).

(5)

Section 1(1) was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4). It is also to be amended by section 67(1) of, and paragraph 47 of Schedule 6 to, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, from a date to be appointed under section 68(1).