Introduction
References and Interpretations
Summary and Background
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
Functions of the Scottish Ministers in the Act
Overview
Part 1 – the Lists
Section 1. Duty of the Scottish Ministers to keep lists
Sections 2 – 6. Referrals by organisations, businesses, agencies and others
Section 7. Reference by court
Section 8. Reference by certain other persons
Section 9. Failure to refer: offence
Sections 10 – 13. Consideration whether to list
Section 14. Automatic listing
Sections 15 and 16. Inclusion in the lists
Sections 17 – 20. Information relevant to listing decisions
Sections 21 – 24. Appeals against listing
Sections 25 – 27. Removing individuals from the lists
Section 28. Late representations
Section 29. Removal from list
Section 30. Notice of listing etc.
Section 31. Relevant inquiries
Section 32. Relevant offences etc.
Section 33. Duty to notify certain changes
Sections 34 – 37. Offences relating to regulated work
Section 38. Police access to lists
Section 39. Restriction on listing in children’s list
Section 40. Restrictions on listing in adults' list
Section 41. Protections from actions for damages
Section 42. Power to regulate procedure etc.
Section 43. Transfer from DWCL
Part 2: Vetting and Disclosure
Sections 44 and 45. The scheme and participation in it
Section 46. Statement of scheme membership
Sections 47 – 49. Scheme members, records and vetting
Section 50. Duty to notify certain changes
Section 51. Correction of inaccurate scheme record
Sections 52 – 55. Disclosure records
Section 56. Crown work
Section 57. Disclosure restrictions
Sections 58 – 61. Removal from scheme
Sections 62 – 64. Evidence of identity
Sections 65 – 69. Offences relating to vetting information
Section 70. Fees
Section 71. Forms
Section 72. Procedure
Section 73. Consideration of suitability: supplementary
Section 74. Delegation of vetting and disclosure functions
Section 75. Sources of information
Section 76. Police access to scheme information
Section 77. Statements of scheme membership: disclosure of whether individual under consideration for listing
Part 3: Amendment of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997
Section 78. Information in criminal conviction and record certificates
Section 79. Form of Part 5 applications
Section 80. Payment of fee for information from certain police forces
Section 81. Regulations about registration
Part 4: “School Care Accommodation Services”
Section 82. Meaning of "school care accommodation service"
Section 83. Application of fire safety rules to school care accommodation service
Part 5: Supplementary and General
Section 84. Guidance
Section 85. Annual report
Section 86. Transfer of Disclosure Scotland staff etc.
Section 87. Power to give effect to corresponding legislation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Section 88. Modification of enactments
Section 89. Offences by bodies corporate etc.
Section 90. Crown application
Part 6: Interpretation
Section 91. Regulated work
Section 92. Meaning of references to being barred from regulated work
Section 93. Harm
Section 94. Meaning of “protected adult”
Section 95. Meaning of “work”
Section 96. Fostering
Scope of foster carer in this Act
Employers and referrals
Permanence orders
Supervision requirements
Foster care and work
Definitions
Section 97. General interpretation
Part 7: Final Provisions
Section 98. Ancillary provision
Section 99. Saving: disclosure of information
Section 100. Orders and regulations
Section 101. Commencement
Schedule 1: Relevant Offences
Schedule 2: Regulated Work With Children
Part 1: Preliminary
Part 2: Activities
Part 3: Establishments
Part 4: Positions
Part 5: General
Schedule 3: Regulated Work With Adults
Schedule 4: Minor and Consequential Amendments and Repeals
Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965
Education (Scotland) Act 1980
Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
Police Act 1997
Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 5)
Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 10)
Inquiries Act 2005 (c.12)
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10)
Parliamentary History
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