Professional bodies and supervisory authorities
47Supervisory authorities: power to apply for vetting information
1
If a supervisory authority applies to the Secretary of State for information within subsection (2) or (3) relating to a person (B), the Secretary of State must provide the supervisory authority with that information.
2
The information within this subsection is—
a
whether B is barred from regulated activity relating to children,
b
whether IBB is considering whether to include B in the children’s barred list in pursuance of paragraph 3 or 5 of Schedule 3,
c
whether B is subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity relating to children,
d
if B is subject to such monitoring and the Secretary of State is required to notify B as mentioned in section 24(4) in connection with his monitoring application, whether the Secretary of State has yet done so, and
e
if B is subject to such monitoring and has made a simultaneous application under section 113B of the Police Act 1997, whether the Secretary of State has yet issued an enhanced criminal record certificate under that section.
3
The information within this subsection is—
a
whether B is barred from regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults,
b
whether IBB is considering whether to include B in the adults' barred list in pursuance of paragraph 9 or 11 of Schedule 3,
c
whether B is subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults,
d
if B is subject to such monitoring and the Secretary of State is required to notify B as mentioned in section 24(4) in connection with his monitoring application, whether the Secretary of State has yet done so, and
e
if B is subject to such monitoring and has made a simultaneous application under section 113B of the Police Act 1997, whether the Secretary of State has yet issued an enhanced criminal record certificate under that section.
4
A supervisory authority may apply for information under this section only if the information is required in connection with the exercise of a function of the supervisory authority mentioned in section 45(7).
5
In subsections (2)(e) and (3)(e), “simultaneous application” means an application made simultaneously with B’s monitoring application under section 24.
6
The Secretary of State may by order amend this section for the purpose of altering the information within subsection (2) or (3).
7
The Secretary of State may prescribe the form, manner and contents of an application for the purposes of this section.