Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1161
Children And Young Persons, England And Wales
Protection Of Vulnerable Adults, England And Wales
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Specified Scottish Authority and Barred Lists) Order 2019
Made
22nd July 2019
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 6(2) and (3) and 12(2) and (3) of Schedule 3 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006( 1 ).
In accordance with section 61(3) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Specified Scottish Authority and Barred Lists) Order 2019 and comes into force on the twenty first day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the 2006 Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;
“the 2007 Act” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007( 2 ).
Relevant Scottish authority
3. For the purposes of paragraphs 6(2) and 12(2) of Schedule 3 to the 2006 Act, the Scottish Ministers are specified as exercising for the purposes of the law of Scotland functions which correspond to those of DBS( 3 ).
Barred lists
4. For the purposes of—
(a) paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 3 to the 2006 Act, the list maintained under section 1(1)(a) of the 2007 Act (duty of Scottish Ministers to keep the children’s list) is specified as a list corresponding to the children’s barred list;
(b) paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 3 to the 2006 Act, the list maintained under section 1(1)(b) of the 2007 Act (duty of Scottish Ministers to keep the adults’ list) is specified as a list corresponding to the adults’ barred list.
Victoria Atkins
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
22nd July 2019
2006 c. 47 . Paragraphs 6 and 12 were amended by S.I. 2012/3006 . Paragraphs 6 and 12 are also amended by section 74(2) and (4) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) but those amendments are not yet in force.
2007 asp 14 , to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
DBS is defined in section 60(1) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and means the Disclosure and Barring Service established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.