Commentary on Sections Part 6: Information Section 43: Supply of police information, etc.
128.This section amends section 131 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. That provision provides that information may be supplied under section 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for the purpose of determining whether an applicant for naturalisation under the British Nationality Act 1981 is of good character. Section 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 provides for information to be supplied to the Secretary of State by a number of persons specified in subsection (1) or specified in an order made under subsection (1)(f) for immigration purposes as defined in that provision.
129.This section in amending section 131 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, enables those persons (including chief officers of police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency) to supply information to assist the Secretary of State in determining whether applicants aged 10 or over for registration under a provision listed in section 58(2) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 are of good character. Such information may include evidence of previous convictions.