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| Expression | Interpretation provision |
|---|---|
| the 1995 Act | section 97(1) |
| the 1997 Act | section 97(1) |
| the 2001 Act | section 97(1) |
| the adults' list | section 1(1)(b) |
| barred from regulated work | section 92 |
| care service | section 97(1) |
| charity | section 97(1) |
| charity trustees | section 97(1) |
| chief constable | section 97(1) |
| chief officer of a relevant police force | section 97(5) |
| child | section 97(1) |
| the children's list | section 1(1)(a) |
| community care service | section 94(4) |
| competent application for removal from the list | section 25(3) |
| conduct | section 97(1) |
| council | section 97(1) |
| direct payment | section 94(4) |
| disciplinary proceedings | section 97(1) |
| disclosure condition | section 55 |
| disclosure declaration | section 97(1) |
| disclosure information | section 68(4) |
| disclosure record | section 97(1) |
| disclosure request | section 97(1) |
| employment (and related words) | section 97(1) |
| employment agency | section 97(1) |
| employment business | section 97(1) |
| exempted question | section 68(5) |
| foster carer | section 96(1) |
| harm | section 93(1) |
| Health Board | section 97(1) |
| Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools | section 97(1) |
| Independent Barring Board, IBB | section 97(1) |
| legal proceedings | section 97(1) |
| listed, listing (and related words) | section 1 |
| Ministers | section 97(1) |
| new vetting information | section 47(4) |
| organisation | section 97(1) |
| permitted purpose | section 67(3) |
| personal data holder | section 64(2) |
| personnel supplier | section 97(1) |
| placed at risk of harm | section 93(2) |
| police authority | section 97(1) |
| police force | section 97(1) |
| prescribed | section 97(1) |
| protected adult | section 94 |
| referral ground | section 2 |
| registrar of dentists and dental care professionals | section 97(1) |
| Registrar of health professionals | section 97(1) |
| Registrar of nurses and midwives | section 97(1) |
| registrar of pharmaceutical chemists | section 97(1) |
| regulated work | section 91(1) |
| regulated work with adults | section 91(3) |
| regulated work with children | section 91(2) |
| relevant finding of fact | section 17(5) |
| relevant functions | section 8(3) |
| relevant inquiry | section 31(2) |
| relevant inquiry report | section 31(3) |
| relevant offence | section 32 |
| relevant police force | section 97(5) |
| relevant regulatory body | section 30(7) |
| Scheme | section 44 |
| scheme member | section 45(2) |
| scheme record | section 48 |
| school | section 97(1) |
| short scheme record | section 53(3) |
| social work inspector | section 97(1) |
| Special Health Board | section 97(1) |
| staff transfer order | section 86(1) |
| statement of scheme membership | section 46(2) |
| type of regulated work | section 91(4) |
| vetting information | section 49(1) |
| work, worker, working | section 95 |
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