Schedule 18, paragraph 3

“Relevant record relating to a conviction or caution” means a record which— has been or is to be obtained by a data subject in the exercise of a data subject access right from a person listed in sub-paragraph (2), and contains information relating to a conviction or caution. Those persons are— the chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996; the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; the Commissioner of Police for the City of London; the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland; the Director General of the National Crime Agency; the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery; the Secretary of State. In this paragraph— “caution” means a caution given to a person in England and Wales or Northern Ireland in respect of an offence which, at the time when the caution is given, is admitted; “conviction” has the same meaning as in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 or the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1908 (N.I. 27)).

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04