176.Section 86 substitutes two sections in the PVG Act: 46 (Statement of scheme membership), and section 54 (Disclosure of scheme membership).
177.The new section 46 of the PVG Act requires Ministers to provide confirmation of scheme membership to each scheme member and sets out what the content is to be. The confirmation of scheme membership replaces what was previously a statement of scheme membership under the PVG Act. It is a form of disclosure which contains no vetting information (i.e. no details of criminal offences or police information). Under the new provisions, it can now also include information about conditions imposed on a scheme member who is under consideration for listing. The conditions are capable of being imposed under the new section 13A of the PVG Act (inserted by section 76 of the Act). Subsection (3) provides that a confirmation of scheme membership will always be provided to the individual when joining the Scheme, unless the individual makes an application under section 11 for a Level 2 disclosure (to which section 17 of the Act applies) at the same time.
178.The new section 54 of the PVG Act requires Ministers, if requested by the applicant, to provide the confirmation of scheme membership to a third party. This must be for the purpose of enabling the third party to consider a scheme member’s suitability to carry out a regulated role. When Ministers make a confirmation of scheme membership available to a third party, they may also send a copy of the confirmation to the scheme member, if requested.