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Professional bodies and supervisory authorities

47Supervisory authorities: power to apply for vetting information

(1)If a supervisory authority applies to the Secretary of State for information within subsection (2) or (3) relating to a person (B), the Secretary of State must provide the supervisory authority with that information.

(2)The information within this subsection is—

(a)whether B is barred from regulated activity relating to children,

(b)whether IBB is considering whether to include B in the children’s barred list in pursuance of paragraph 3 or 5 of Schedule 3,

(c)whether B is subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity relating to children,

(d)if B is subject to such monitoring and the Secretary of State is required to notify B as mentioned in section 24(4) in connection with his monitoring application, whether the Secretary of State has yet done so, and

(e)if B is subject to such monitoring and has made a simultaneous application under section 113B of the Police Act 1997, whether the Secretary of State has yet issued an enhanced criminal record certificate under that section.

(3)The information within this subsection is—

(a)whether B is barred from regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults,

(b)whether IBB is considering whether to include B in the adults' barred list in pursuance of paragraph 9 or 11 of Schedule 3,

(c)whether B is subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults,

(d)if B is subject to such monitoring and the Secretary of State is required to notify B as mentioned in section 24(4) in connection with his monitoring application, whether the Secretary of State has yet done so, and

(e)if B is subject to such monitoring and has made a simultaneous application under section 113B of the Police Act 1997, whether the Secretary of State has yet issued an enhanced criminal record certificate under that section.

(4)A supervisory authority may apply for information under this section only if the information is required in connection with the exercise of a function of the supervisory authority mentioned in section 45(7).

(5)In subsections (2)(e) and (3)(e), “simultaneous application” means an application made simultaneously with B’s monitoring application under section 24.

(6)The Secretary of State may by order amend this section for the purpose of altering the information within subsection (2) or (3).

(7)The Secretary of State may prescribe the form, manner and contents of an application for the purposes of this section.