PART 1Amendments to provisions in the 2001 Regulations

Amendment to provision for sale of full register to government departments23

1

Regulation 113 of the 2001 Regulations shall be amended as follows.

2

In the heading after “government departments” insert “and other bodies”.

3

In paragraph (1) for “to a government department” substitute—

  • to—

    1. a

      a government department;

    2. b

      the Environment Agency;

    3. c

      the Financial Services Authority; or

    4. d

      a body not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) which carries out the vetting of any person for the purpose of safeguarding national security,

    other than a force or organisation to which regulation 109(1) applies.

4

For paragraph (2) substitute—

2

For the purposes of regulation 112(3), the relevant restrictions apply—

a

in the case of a body falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1), except for the purpose of—

i

the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal law (whether in England and Wales or elsewhere);

ii

the vetting of employees and applicants for employment where such vetting is required pursuant to any enactment;

iii

the vetting of any person where such vetting is for the purpose of safeguarding national security; or

iv

supply and disclosure in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (6); and

b

in the case of a body falling within sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1), except for the purpose of the vetting of any person where such vetting is for the purpose of safeguarding national security.

5

In paragraph (3), after “government department” insert “, other than one mentioned in regulation 109(1)(g) to (i),”.