LOCAL INFORMATION
4.32.3.L2 /4.34.1.L1/7.28.1.L2
Criminal records

Extent: Jersey
Updated 04 July 2017
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Words you may need to know

Countersigned -   when someone signs a document already signed by someone else, usually to confirm that the other person is who they say they are

Record - list of facts

‘Someone of standing in the community’- usually means people who are lawyers, doctors, bankers, civil servants etc but not people who are family members or relatives (a list of people who qualify is usually provided)

Guide to the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Jersey) Law 2001

See 4.32.3.L1

How to access your own personal information

Subject to certain exemptions, you have the right to be told whether any information is held about you on police systems, and you have a right to a copy of that information.

Full details are available on the States of Jersey website at:

http://jersey.police.uk/accessing-information/personal-information-access/

The website include details on:

-          Basic Police Disclosure

-          Subject Access Request (application forms and guidance notes are included)

-          Disclosure and Barring Service

-          Police Certificates for emigration /visas /work permits /residency

-          Previous convictions - includes information for dealing with requests about previous convictions for employment purposes (Rehabilitation of Offenders (Jersey) Law 2001)

Contact:

The States of Jersey Police                                        

Police Headquarters

La Route du Fort

St Helier

Jersey

JE2 4PA

Tel:  01534 – 612612

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Visitor reception open:  8am – 8pm seven days per week