Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)

Professional bodies and supervisory authorities E+W

42 Registers: duty to provide information on request E+W

(1) This section applies if [F1 DBS] is considering—

(a) whether to include in a barred list a person who appears on a relevant register;

(b) whether to remove such a person from a barred list.

(2) [F1 DBS] may require the keeper of the register to provide it with any prescribed information he holds relating to the person.

(3) The keeper of the register must comply with a requirement under subsection (2).

(4) References to a relevant register and the keeper of a relevant register must be construed in accordance with section 41(7).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in ss. 35-42 substituted (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 3(b) (with Pt. 4)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 42 in force at 11.2.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2007/3545, art. 4(g)

I2 S. 42 in force at 20.1.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/39, art. 2(1)(g)

I3 S. 42(2) in force at 19.5.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/1320, art. 4(o)