Yn ddilys o 18/04/2010
Yn ddilys o 28/02/2011
(1)Ministers may, for the purpose of enabling or assisting them to decide whether to list an individual, require the chief constable of a police force [F1 or the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency ] to provide them with any information relating to the individual which the chief constable [F1 or the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency ] thinks might be relevant in relation to the type of regulated work concerned.
(2)A [F2 person ] must not provide information to Ministers under subsection (1) if the [F2 person ] thinks that disclosing it to the individual to whom it relates would be contrary to the interests of the prevention or detection of crime.
(3)Ministers must pay the appropriate police authority [F3 or the Scottish Police Services Authority ] such fee as Ministers think appropriate for information provided under subsection (1).
(4)Ministers may, for the purpose of enabling or assisting them to decide whether to list an individual, require—
(a)any person who holds records of convictions, cautions or other information for the use of police forces generally to provide them with any information relating to the individual which the record holder thinks might be relevant in relation to the type of regulated work concerned,
(b)any person who holds such records to provide them with the information referred to in section 113A(3)(a) of the 1997 Act (prescribed details of every relevant matter relating to the individual which is recorded in central records).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 18(1) inserted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 5(2)
F2Word in s. 18(2) substituted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 5(3)
F3Words in s. 18(3) inserted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 5(4)