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Statutory Instruments
Police, England And Wales
Made
2nd July 2012
Laid before Parliament
4th July 2012
Coming into force
30th July 2012
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(4) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984(1), makes the following Regulations.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force on 30th July 2012.
2.—(1) The Schedule to the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000(2) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 41 insert—
“41A. section 51A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(3) (offence of soliciting);
41B. section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(4) (offence of paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force etc).”
Lynne Featherstone
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
2nd July 2012
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Police National Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000 to make offences contrary to sections 51A and 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (soliciting and paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force) recordable offences.
S.I. 2000/1139 as amended by S.I. 2003/2823, S.I. 2005/3106 and S.I. 2007/2121.
2003 c. 43; section 51A was inserted by section 19 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26).
Section 53A was inserted by section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009.