The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012

Consequential amendments to the 1997 Act in Northern Ireland

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

52.—(1) Section 119 of the 1997 Act is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) insert—

(1ZA) Any person who holds records of convictions or cautions for the use of police forces generally must make those records available to the Disclosure and Barring Service for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its functions under paragraph 1, 2, 7 or 8 of Schedule 1 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.

(3) In subsection (5)—

(a)after “Secretary of State” insert “or the Disclosure and Barring Service”, and

(b)after “him” insert “or it”.

(4) Omit subsection (8)(d).