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Article 5(a)

SCHEDULE 4SEXCEPTED PROFESSIONS, OFFICES, EMPLOYMENTS AND OCCUPATIONS

This schedule has no associated Policy Notes

PART 1SProfessions

1.  Medical practitioner.S

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

2.  Advocate, solicitor.S

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 2 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

3.  Accountant.S

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 3 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

4.  Dentist or any profession complementary to dentistry for which a title is specified in regulations under section 36A(2) of the Dentists Act 1984(1) (professions complementary to dentistry) by virtue of section 36A(3) of that Act.S

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 4 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

5.  Veterinary surgeon.S

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 5 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

6.  Nurse or midwife.S

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 6 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

7.  Ophthalmic optician, dispensing optician.S

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 7 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

8.  Registered pharmacist.S

Commencement Information

I8Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 8 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

9.  Registered pharmacy technician.S

Commencement Information

I9Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 9 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

10.  Registered teacher.S

Commencement Information

I10Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 10 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

11.  Any profession to which the Health Professions Order 2001(2) applies and which is undertaken following registration under that Order.S

Commencement Information

I11Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 11 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

12.  Registered osteopath.S

Commencement Information

I12Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 12 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

13.  Registered chiropractor.S

Commencement Information

I13Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 13 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

14.  Actuary.S

Commencement Information

I14Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 14 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

15.  Registered European lawyer, registered foreign lawyer.S

Commencement Information

I15Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 15 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

16.  Social worker.S

Commencement Information

I16Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 16 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

17.  Social service worker.S

Commencement Information

I17Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 17 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

PART 2SOffices and employments

1.  Judicial appointments.S

Commencement Information

I18Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 1 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

2.  Prosecutors, officers assisting prosecutors, and officers assisting in the work of the Crown Office.S

Commencement Information

I19Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 2 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

3.  Justices of the Peace and members of local authorities with signing functions under section 76 of the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007(3).S

Commencement Information

I20Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

4.  Clerks (including depute and assistant clerks) and officers of the High Court of Justiciary, the Court of Session and the justice of the peace court, sheriff clerks (including sheriff clerks depute) and their clerks and assistants and other support officers assisting in the work of the Scottish Court Service.S

Commencement Information

I21Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 4 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

5.  Precognition agents.S

Commencement Information

I22Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 5 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

6.  Constables, police custody and security officers, persons appointed as police cadets to undergo training with a view to becoming constables, persons employed for the purposes of a police force established under any enactment, persons appointed to assist in the carrying out of police functions and naval, military and air force police.S

Commencement Information

I23Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 6 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

7.  Any office, employment or work which is concerned with the administration of, or is otherwise normally carried out wholly or partly within the precincts of a prison, remand centre, young offenders institution, detention centre or removal centre, and members of visiting committees for prisons appointed under rules made under section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(4) and members of visiting committees for remand centres and young offenders institutions appointed under section 19(3)(5) of that Act.S

Commencement Information

I24Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 7 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

8.  Traffic wardens appointed under or in accordance with section 95 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(6).S

Commencement Information

I25Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 8 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

9.  Any employment or work which is concerned with the provision of a care service.S

Commencement Information

I26Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 9 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

10.  Any employment or work which is concerned with the provision of health services and which is of such a kind as to enable the holder to have access to persons in receipt of such services in the course of that person’s normal duties.S

Commencement Information

I27Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 10 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

11.  Any regulated work with children.S

Commencement Information

I28Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 11 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

12.  Any employment or work in the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals where the person employed or working, as part of his or her duties, may carry out the killing of animals.S

Commencement Information

I29Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 12 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

13.  Any office, employment or work in the Serious Fraud Office.S

Commencement Information

I30Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 13 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

14.  Any office, employment or work in the Serious Organised Crime Agency.S

Commencement Information

I31Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 14 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

15.  Any office, employment or work in Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.S

Commencement Information

I32Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 15 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

16.  Any employment which is concerned with the monitoring, for the purposes of child protection, of communications by means of the internet.S

Commencement Information

I33Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 16 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

17.  Any office or employment in the Scottish Social Services Council.S

Commencement Information

I34Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 17 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

18.  Her Majesty’s Inspectors, or any person appointed by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 66 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(7) or section 9 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000(8), or members of any Management Board established to assist either Her Majesty’s Inspectors or any such person, or any individual undertaking employment or work for Her Majesty’s Inspectors or any such person in relation to the carrying out of inspections under section 66 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, section 9 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 or section 115 of the 2010 Act(9), or otherwise in regard to matters associated with such inspections.S

Commencement Information

I35Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 18 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

19.  The Principal Reporter or officers appointed under section 128(5) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(10) to assist that officer.S

Commencement Information

I36Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 19 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

20.  Members of a panel established by virtue of section 101(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(11) (panels for curators ad litem, reporting officers and safeguarders).S

Commencement Information

I37Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 20 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

21.  Any office or employment in the Risk Management Authority.S

Commencement Information

I38Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 21 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

22.  Any office or employment in the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.S

Commencement Information

I39Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 22 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

23.  Any office or employment in [F1the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service].S

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I40Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 23 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

24.  Any employment or work in a body concerned primarily with the provision of counselling or other support to individuals who are or appear to be victims of, or witnesses to, offences, and which involves having access to personal information about such individuals.S

Commencement Information

I41Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 24 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

25.  Any regulated work with adults.S

Commencement Information

I42Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 25 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

26.  Members mentioned in section 35(4)(c) of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008(12) of a tribunal constituted under section 35(1) of that Act to consider the fitness for judicial office of a person holding a judicial office mentioned in section 35(2) of that Act.S

Commencement Information

I43Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 26 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

27.  Members mentioned in section 12A(4)(d) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971(13) of a tribunal constituted under section 12A(1) of that Act to consider the fitness for shrieval office of a person holding a shrieval office mentioned in section 12A(2) of that Act.S

Commencement Information

I44Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 27 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

28.  Lay members of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland appointed by the Scottish Ministers under paragraph 2 of schedule 1 to the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008.S

Commencement Information

I45Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 28 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

29.  Non-judicial members of the Scottish Court Service mentioned in paragraph 2(3)(d) of schedule 3 to the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008.S

Commencement Information

I46Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 29 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

30.  Any office or employment in Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.S

Commencement Information

I47Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 30 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

31.  Any office or employment in the General Teaching Council for Scotland.S

Commencement Information

I48Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 31 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

32.  A Head of Practice or a member of a Practice Committee of a licensed legal services provider.S

Commencement Information

I49Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 32 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

PART 3SOccupations

1.  Firearms dealer.S

Commencement Information

I50Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 1 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

2.  Any occupation in respect of which an application to the Gambling Commission for a licence, certificate or registration is required by or under any enactment.S

Commencement Information

I51Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 2 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

3.  Any occupation which is concerned with the management of a place in respect of which the approval of the Scottish Ministers is required by section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967(14).S

Commencement Information

I52Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 3 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

4.  Any occupation in respect of which the holder is required pursuant to regulation 4 of the Control of Explosives Regulations 1991(15) to obtain from the chief officer of police an explosives certificate certifying that person to be a fit person to acquire or acquire and keep explosives.S

Commencement Information

I53Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 4 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

5.  Taxi driver or private hire driver.S

Commencement Information

I54Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 5 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

6.  Any occupation in respect of which an application to the Security Industry Authority for a licence is required by the Private Security Industry Act 2001(16).S

Commencement Information

I55Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 6 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

7.  Any occupation which is concerned with visiting persons detained in police stations, for the purposes of examining and reporting on the conditions under which they are held.S

Commencement Information

I56Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 7 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

8.  Any occupation in respect of which a licence or registration is required by or under Part V (driving instruction) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(17).S

Commencement Information

I57Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 8 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)

(1)

1984 c.24. Section 36A was added by the Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011), article 29.

(4)

1989 c.45. Section 39 was amended by the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.9), section 24 and 25, Schedule 5, paragraph 6(6)(b) and Schedule 7, paragraph 1; by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33), section 116(4); by the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 75(4)(a); and by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37), Schedule 8, paragraph 71 and Schedule 10, paragraph 1.

(5)

Section 19(3) was amended by the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.9), Schedule 5, paragraph 6(4)(a).

(6)

1984 c.27. Section 95 was amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13), Schedule 16(3), paragraph 166; and by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 290(2).

(7)

1980 c.44. Section 66 was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c.39), section 82(1) and Schedule 10, paragraph 8(14); by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c.37), Schedule 9, paragraph 7(5); by the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6), section 11 and 36 and Schedule 2, paragraph 3(7); by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30), section 21; by the Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.58), Schedule 9 and by the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21), section 289H and Schedule 7D item 54 (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), sections 54 and 56(2) and Schedule 6).

(9)

Section 115 was amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17), schedule 2, paragraph 15(2).

(10)

1994 c.39.

(11)

1995 c.36. Section 101(1) was substituted by the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8), section 75(a).

(13)

1971 c.58. Section 12A was added by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), section 40.

(14)

1967 c.87.

(16)

2001 c.12.

(17)

1988 c.52.

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