The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022

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The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Home for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022

Version date: 25 May 2022

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These regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred on Scottish Ministers by sections 113B(2)(b), 113CA(1), 113CB (1) and 125(1) and (5) of the Police Act 1997.

The text of the legislation is published at The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk) and The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 were made on 17 March 2022 and came into force on 24 March 2022. These regulations made amendments to the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 ("the 2010 Regulations") so that the appropriate level of disclosure checks could be made in relation to individuals offering to provide accommodation within premises they also reside in (and those over the age of 16 years residing within the same premises) to displaced Ukrainians under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 were made on 6 May 2022 and came into force on 12 May 2022. These regulations substituted the amendments made by the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022, and now provide for enhanced disclosure checks to be carried out when any individual, whose suitability to provide accommodation to a person who has permission to enter into or to stay in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme (regardless of whether that accommodation is restricted to premises in which the individual also resides or not), is being assessed.