The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015

Correction of scheme records under section 51 of the 2007 Act

9.—(1) Paragraph (2) of this article applies where the Scottish Ministers—

(a) have, before the relevant date, received—

(i) a notification of changes under section 50 (duty to notify certain changes) of the 2007 Act; or

(ii) a request from a scheme member for correction of a scheme record under section 51 (correction of inaccurate scheme record) of the 2007 Act; and

(b) have not by that date corrected the scheme record.

(2) A notification or, as the case may be, a request referred to in paragraph (1) is to be treated for all purposes as having been received after the relevant date.

(3) For the purposes of section 51, information is not to be regarded as inaccurate if it is information about a conviction which no longer falls within the definition of vetting information by virtue of the coming into force of this Order.