SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 E+WBarred lists

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 3 modified (20.1.2009) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitory Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/12), arts. 1(1), 5

Part 1 E+WChildren's barred list

Behaviour E+W

3 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if— E+W

(a) it appears to [F1 DBS] that the person [F2 —

(i) has (at any time) engaged in relevant conduct, and

(ii) is or has been, or might in future be, engaged in regulated activity relating to children,] and

(b) [F1 DBS] proposes to include him in the children's barred list.

(2) [F1 DBS] must give the person the opportunity to make representations as to why he should not be included in the children's barred list.

(3) [F1 DBS] must include the person in the children's barred list if—

(a) it is satisfied that the person has engaged in relevant conduct,

[F3 (aa) it has reason to believe that the person is or has been, or might in future be, engaged in regulated activity relating to children,] and

(b) it [F4 is satisfied] that it is appropriate to include the person in the list.

(4) This paragraph does not apply to a person if the relevant conduct consists only of an offence committed against a child before the commencement of section 2 and the court, having considered whether to make a disqualification order, decided not to.

(5) In sub-paragraph (4)—

(a) the reference to an offence committed against a child must be construed in accordance with Part 2 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43);

(b) a disqualification order is an order under section 28, 29 or 29A of that Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 3 paras. 2-5 substituted (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 3(f)(i) (with Pt. 4)

F2 Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1)(a) substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 67(3)(a), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(d) (with arts. 6-16) (as amended (31.3.2014) by S.I. 2014/831, art. 2(2))

F3 Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(aa) inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 67(3)(b), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(d) (with arts. 6-16) (as amended (31.3.2014) by S.I. 2014/831, art. 2(2))

F4 Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(b) substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 67(3)(c), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(d) (with arts. 6-16) (as amended (31.3.2014) by S.I. 2014/831, art. 2(2))

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 11.2.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2007/3545, art. 4(a)

I2 Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 20.1.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/39, art. 2(1)(k)