Part 5Safeguarding vulnerable groups, criminal records etc.
CHAPTER 3The Disclosure and Barring Service
General
87Formation and constitution of DBS
1
There is to be a body corporate known as the Disclosure and Barring Service.
2
In this Chapter “DBS” means the Disclosure and Barring Service.
3
Schedule 8 (which makes further provision about DBS) has effect.
88Transfer of functions to DBS and dissolution of ISA
1
The Secretary of State may by order transfer any function of ISA to DBS.
2
The Secretary of State may by order transfer to DBS any function of the Secretary of State under, or in connection with—
a
Part 5 of the Police Act 1997 (criminal records),
b
the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, or
c
the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1351 (N.I. 11)).
3
The Secretary of State may by order provide for the dissolution of ISA.
4
In this section—
“function” does not include any power of the Secretary of State to make an order or regulations,
“ISA” means the Independent Safeguarding Authority.