The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2012
Articles 2 and 3 of this Order specify that the lists maintained under section 1 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14) (“the Scottish barred lists”) and Article 6 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (2007/1351) (N.I. 11) (“the Northern Ireland barred lists”) are lists corresponding to the children’s and adults’ barred lists for the purposes of sections 43, 48 and 49 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47) (“the 2006 Act”). This means that the Independent Safeguarding Authority (“ISA”), when responding to a request for information by, or proactively notifying, a keeper of a relevant register (for example the General Medical Council) under section 43 of the 2006 Act, will include information as to whether the particular person is on the barred list(s), and the Scottish barred list(s) and the Northern Ireland barred list(s) (as the case may be). This also means that when the ISA proactively notifies supervisory authorities (for example Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England) under section 48 of the 2006 Act as to whether a particular person is on the children’s barred list, this will include information as to whether the particular person is also on the Scottish children’s barred list and the Northern Ireland children’s barred list (as the case may be). When the ISA proactively notifies supervisory authorities under section 49 of the 2006 Act as to whether a person is on the adults’ barred list, this will include information as to whether the particular person is also on the Scottish adults’ barred list and the Northern Ireland adults’ barred list (as the case may be).