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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 and come into force on 4th February 2013.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland and, in so far as they extend beyond Scotland, they do so only as a matter of Scots law.
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In regulation 5(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2010, for the words “the National Policing Improvement Agency” substitute “a Minister of the Crown”.
AILEEN CAMPBELL
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th December 2012