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Oh I Love these sort of questions (sad or wot) The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Exemptions Order 1975 entitles you to ask exempt questions on criminal records for certain professions including Medical practioners, nurses, midwives, and any profession to which the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960. The Police Act 1997 establishes the issuing of disclose by the CRB under section 113 of the act. The Care standards Act also will help, try section 80 onwards. All acts availible from http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/1997050.htm http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000043.htm http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000014.htm#aofs http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/19990014.htm Hope this helps -- Thank you and kind regards Opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer Rob Dawson Institutional Compliance Officer University College Chester Parkgate Road Chester CH1 4BJ [log in to unmask] Tel: 01244 392892 Fax: 01244 392821 http://www.chester.ac.uk/ Quoting Lynsey Hopkins <[log in to unmask]>: > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > This isn't exactly a CRB question, but it's related. > > > > We have offered a place on our undergraduate medical degree to an > > applicant who has lived most of her life in Japan. The Japanese > > authorities are refusing to issue her with a police check unless she can > > provide the legal basis for its issue; they are saying that Japanese > > students are not required in law to provide a police check to enter > > British universities. We have sent her a letter outlining that it is a > > course requirement, but they still insist on some sort of legal > > confirmation. Can anyone tell me where I can find documentation showing > > the basis in law for our demand that she provide a police check? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > ***************************************************************** > > > > Lynsey Hopkins > > Admissions Administrator > > The University of Birmingham > > Edgbaston > > Birmingham > > B15 2TT > > > > Tel: 0121 415 8208 > > > > ***************************************************************** > > > > > > > > >