SCHEDULE 7Minor and consequential amendments

PART 1Amendments relating to Part 1

Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14)

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1

The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 is amended as follows.

2

In section 18 (police information etc.)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

the words “of a police force or the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency” are repealed,

ii

the words “or the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency” (where second occurring) are repealed,

b

in subsection (2)—

i

for “A person” substitute “ The chief constable ”,

ii

for “person”, where second occurring, substitute “ chief constable ”,

c

in subsection (3), for “appropriate police authority or the Scottish Police Services Authority” substitute “ Scottish Police Authority ”.

3

In section 38 (police access to lists of individuals barred from regulated work)—

a

in subsection (1), for the words from “chief” to “Agency” substitute “ the chief constable ”,

b

in subsection (2), for the words from “police” to “Agency” substitute “ constables of the Police Service of Scotland ”.

4

In section 75 (sources of information)—

a

in subsection (2), for the words from “A” to “Agency” substitute “ The chief constable ”,

b

in subsection (3)—

i

for “A person” substitute “ The chief constable ”,

ii

for “person”, where second occurring, substitute “ chief constable ”,

c

in subsection (4), for the words “appropriate police authority or the Scottish Police Services Authority” substitute “ Scottish Police Authority ”.

5

In section 76 (police access to scheme information)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

in the opening words, for the words from “chief” to “Agency” substitute “ the chief constable ”,

ii

in paragraph (c), for the words from “police forces” to “Agency” substitute “ constables of the Police Service of Scotland ”,

b

in subsection (2) the words from “police forces” to “Agency” substitute “constables of the Police Service of Scotland”.

6

In section 97(1) (interpretation)—

a

in the definition of “chief constable”, for “a police force in Scotland” substitute “ the Police Service of Scotland ”,

b

the definition of “police authority” is repealed.