Amendments to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

15.—(1) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 (employment businesses: failure to check) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (3) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

(a)P acted as the registered person in relation to the application for the certificate, or

(b)the person who acted as the registered person in relation to the application did so on behalf of P.

(3) After sub-paragraph (3) insert—

(3A) References in sub-paragraph (3) to a person acting as the registered person in relation to an application for an enhanced criminal record certificate must be construed in accordance with section 113B(12) of the Police Act 1997.