Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14)

Valid from 28/02/2011

Valid from 18/04/2010

Part 2 S Vetting and disclosure

Offences relating to vetting information S

Valid from 28/02/2011

65 Falsification of scheme records etc. S

(1) It is an offence for a person, with intent to deceive, to—

(a) make a document which purports to be a disclosure record,

(b) alter a disclosure record,

(c) use, or allow another person to use, a disclosure record in a way which suggests that it relates to an individual other than the scheme member in respect of whom it was disclosed.

(2) It is an offence for a person to knowingly make a false or misleading declaration or other statement for the purposes of—

(a) obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, a disclosure record, or

(b) satisfying Ministers that an individual who is doing regulated work is not doing so.