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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 178

Protection Of Vulnerable Adults

The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Power to Refer) (Information Relevant to Listing Decisions) Order 2010

Made

5th May 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

6th May 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(2) and 17(5)(d) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Power to Refer) (Information Relevant to Listing Decisions) Order 2010 and comes into force on the same day as section 1 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007; and

“the NHS Tribunal” means the NHS Tribunal constituted in accordance with schedule 8 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(2).

Specified Person

2.  The NHS Tribunal is a person specified for the purposes of section 8(2) of the Act.

Person making a relevant finding of fact

3.  The NHS Tribunal is a person specified for the purposes of section 17(5)(d) of the Act.

ADAM INGRAM

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

5th May 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order specifies the NHS Tribunal as a person to whom section 8 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Act”) applies.

Article 3 of this Order specifies the NHS Tribunal as a person making a “relevant finding of fact” in proceedings before it, for the purposes of section 17(5)(d) of the Act.