Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Act 2019

Reply to request for information under Article 6 of Framework Decision in relation to person who is not national of State

8. (1) The Central Authority, upon receipt of a request from a central authority of a Member State under Article 6 of the Framework Decision for any information contained in the Criminal Records Database in relation to a person who is not a national of the State shall, where the request is for—

(a) the purposes of criminal proceedings in the requesting Member State, or

(b) a purpose specified in Schedule 3 ,

transmit to the central authority of the requesting Member State any information relating to convictions in the State contained in the Criminal Records Database in relation to the person who is the subject of that request.

(2) (a) The Central Authority shall reply to a request referred to in subsection (1) using the form set out in the Annex to the Framework Decision.

(b) The reply referred to in paragraph (a) shall be—

(i) in one of the official languages of the State or in any other language accepted by the requesting Member State, and

(ii) accompanied by a list of the convictions (if any) referred to in subsection (1).