Explanatory Notes

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 47

8 November 2006

Local Authority Information and Referrals

Section 39: Local authorities: duty to refer

131.This section sets out the circumstances in which local authorities must provide the IBB with prescribed information about an individual. Broadly, these circumstances are that the local authority thinks that:

a.

an individual satisfies any of the criteria under which he could be barred or considered for barring under Schedule 3,

b.

the individual is engaged or may engage in a regulated or controlled activity, and

c.

the IBB may consider it appropriate for the individual to be included in a barred list.