Appendix 2
S.I. 2008/542: memorandum from the Northern Ireland
Office
Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records)(Disclosure)
Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.I. 2008/542)
1. The Committee has asked the Northern Ireland
Office for a memorandum on the following points:
(1) What is the purpose of the definition of "the
Secretary of State" in Regulation 2(1)?
(2) What provisions in the Regulations are affected
by Regulation 2(2)?
2. No provision in the Regulations is affected
by either the definition of "the Secretary of State"
in regulation 2(1), or by regulation 2(2), which the Department
acknowledges serve no purpose. Both provisions are acknowledged
to be otiose, and neither should have been included.
3. Further Regulations are planned for 2008,
and the Department will take the opportunity to remove the definition
of "the Secretary of State" in regulation 2(1), and
regulation 2(2), at that point, in order to avoid any confusion
their presence may cause the reader.
4. The Department is grateful to the Committee
for drawing these defects to its attention.
Northern Ireland Office
1st April 2008
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