The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving) Order 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) and makes a saving provision in relation to the repeal of certain provisions in the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).

Article 2 brings into force on 10th September 2012 provision in the 2006 Act relating to provision of information from the Independent Safeguarding Authority (“ISA”) to keepers of relevant registers and the ability for supervisory authorities to request information and be provided with information by the ISA.

Article 3 brings into force provisions in the 2006 Act relating to the list of persons who will be entitled to request barred list information from the ISA at the same time as the provisions in the 2006 Act which enable that barred list check to be done (which were inserted by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (“the 2012 Act”)) are brought into force. This will be done by a commencement order made under the 2012 Act at a later date.

Article 4 fully commences the repeal of the disqualification order regime in the 2000 Act when the up-dating system in relation to Criminal Record Bureau certificates in the 2012 Act is brought into force.

Article 5 makes a saving provision to ensure that anyone subject to a disqualification order at the time the repeal is fully commenced may still appeal against their disqualification order or request a review of their disqualification order.