Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020

83Application for removal from list

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(1)Section 25 (application for removal from list) of the PVG Act is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (3), for paragraph (b) substitute—

(b)Ministers are satisfied that there has been a relevant change in the applicant’s circumstances since the applicant—

(i)was listed, or

(ii)last made an application for removal from the list under this section..

(3)After subsection (4) insert—

(4A)For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), a change in the applicant’s circumstances is relevant if it is relevant to the question whether the applicant is no longer unsuitable to carry out regulated roles with children or, as the case may be, regulated roles with adults..

(4)Subsections (5) and (6) are repealed.