These Regulations are made under section 6A of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the PVG Act”).

Section 6A of the PVG Act provides that the chief constable must give the Scottish Ministers any prescribed information that the chief constable holds in relation to an individual whom the chief constable considers is or has been carrying out a type of regulated role while not participating in the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme in relation to that type of regulated role.

Regulation 3 and the schedule set out the prescribed information for the purposes of section 6A.