The Police Act 1997 (c. 50) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 21 March 1997. Its main purposes are:
to make provision for the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) and the National Crime Squad; to make provision about entry onto, and interference with, property and with wireless telegraphy for the prevention or detection of serious crime; to make provision for the Police Information Technology Organisation; to provide for the issue of criminal record certificates; to address aspects of the administration and organisation of the police; and to repeal certain legislation relating to the rehabilitation of offenders.UK Legislation, Police Act 1997, Introductory Text, accessed 18 November 2021
The case of R v Khan (1996), which was heard by the House of Lords,United Kingdom House of Lords, Regina v Khan (Appellant) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)), 2 July 1996, accessed 18 November 2021 was one on the factors leading to the regulation of police powers embodied in this legislation.Edwin W. Kruisbergen, Deborah de Jong and Edward R. Kleemans, Undercover Policing: Assumptions and Empirical Evidence, British Journal of Criminology, March 2011, Vol. 51, No. 2 p. 398
The function of the NCIS was to gather and analyse intelligence data in order to provide insight and intelligence to national police forces. Its role was later taken over by the Serious Organised Crime Agency.UK Government, National Criminal Intelligence Service, accessed 18 November 2021
The Criminal Records Bureau, now known as the Disclosure and Barring Service, was established under Part V of the Police Act 1997 and was launched in March 2002.
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