23.—F1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) A person commits an offence if, in the course of acting or appearing to act on behalf of a personnel supplier—
(a)he supplies an individual (B) to another (P),
(b)he knows or has reason to believe that P will make arrangements for B to engage in regulated activity from which B is barred, and
(c)he knows or has reason to believe that B is barred from the activity.
F2(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) is liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or to a fine, or to both;
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.
F3(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8) For the purpose of [F4paragraph (2)(b)] , Schedule 2 is modified as follows—
(a)in paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(a) must be disregarded;
F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F5(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 23(1) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 92(2), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(v) (bb)
F2Art. 23(3)(4) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 92(3), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(v) (bb)
F3Art. 23(6)(7) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 92(4), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(v) (bb)
F4Words in art. 23(8) substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 92(5)(a); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(v)
F5Art. 23(8)(b)(c) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 92(5)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(v) (bb)
F6Art. 23(9) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 92(6), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(v) (bb)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 23 partly in operation; art. 23 not in operation at date of making see. art. 1(3); art. 23(2) and (5) in operation at 12.10.2009 and art. 23(8) in operation for certain purposes at 12.10.2009 by S.R. 2009/346, art. 3, Sch.