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PART 1 Disclosure of criminal history and other information
Level 2 disclosures: review applications
21.Review of accuracy of information by the Scottish Ministers
22.Review of childhood information by the independent reviewer
23.Review of relevant Scottish police information by the police
24.Review of relevant Scottish police information by the independent reviewer
25.Review of inclusion of removable convictions by the Scottish Ministers
26.Review of inclusion of removable convictions by the independent reviewer
31.Provision of new Level 2 disclosure on conclusion of review proceedings
32.Disapplication of provisions of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Level 2 disclosures: considering relevance and whether to include information
Common provisions relating to Level 1 and Level 2 disclosures
49.Suitable persons to have access to disclosure information
52.Lead signatories and countersignatories: acceptance or refusal of nomination and removal from the register
53.Notification and review of decisions: removal from register or refusal of registration or nomination
56.Sharing of Level 2 disclosure information by accredited bodies
PART 2 Protection of vulnerable groups
Human trafficking and exploitation
37.An offence under section 22 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland)...
38.An offence under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration...
39.An offence under section 47 of the Criminal Justice and...
40.An offence under section 3A of the Female Genital Mutilation...
41.An offence under the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland)...
42.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
52.An offence under section 50(3) of the Customs and Excise...
53.An offence under section 51A of the Civic Government (Scotland)...
54.A sexual offence within the meaning given in section 210A(10)...
55.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
56.An offence under section 7 of the Protection of Children...
57.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
59.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
Offences in relation to children
77.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
78.An offence under section 40(1) of the Children and Young...
79.An offence under section 50(2) of the Civic Government (Scotland)...
80.An offence under section 81 of the Children (Scotland) Act...
81.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
82.An offence under the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959....
83.An offence under section 50(3) (penalty for improper importation of...
84.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
85.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
86.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
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