Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024
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5 Deletion of cautions for relevant offences: England and Wales
(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that a person has before the coming into force of this Act been cautioned in England and Wales for a relevant offence, the Secretary of State must direct the appropriate chief officer of police to delete details, contained in the UK criminal records database, of the caution. (2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a direction under subsection (1), the appropriate chief officer of police must delete the details of the caution. (3) Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under subsection (1) in relation to a person’s caution, the Secretary of State— (a) must take all reasonable steps to notify the person, or, if the person is no longer alive, the person’s personal representatives, that the direction has been given, or (b) if it is not reasonably practicable to give a notification under paragraph (a), must take all reasonable steps to— (i) identify some other person whom the Secretary of State considers it is appropriate to notify, and (ii) notify that person that the direction has been given. (4) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State must, in particular, consider any representations made to the Secretary of State which claim that a person has been cautioned in England and Wales for a relevant offence, whether or not made by that person. (5) In this section— “appropriate chief officer of police”, in relation to a caution, means any chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales who is a data controller in relation to the details of the caution; “the UK criminal records database” means the names database held by the Secretary of State for the use of constables.
5 Deletion of cautions for relevant offences: England and Wales
(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that a person has before the coming into force of this Act been cautioned in England and Wales for a relevant offence, the Secretary of State must direct the appropriate chief officer of police to delete details, contained in the UK criminal records database, of the caution. (2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a direction under subsection (1), the appropriate chief officer of police must delete the details of the caution. (3) Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under subsection (1) in relation to a person’s caution, the Secretary of State— (a) must take all reasonable steps to notify the person, or, if the person is no longer alive, the person’s personal representatives, that the direction has been given, or (b) if it is not reasonably practicable to give a notification under paragraph (a), must take all reasonable steps to— (i) identify some other person whom the Secretary of State considers it is appropriate to notify, and (ii) notify that person that the direction has been given. (4) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State must, in particular, consider any representations made to the Secretary of State which claim that a person has been cautioned in England and Wales for a relevant offence, whether or not made by that person. (5) In this section— “appropriate chief officer of police”, in relation to a caution, means any chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales who is a data controller in relation to the details of the caution; “the UK criminal records database” means the names database held by the Secretary of State for the use of constables.
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