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Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 in force at 28.2.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/157, art. 2(a)
Expression | Interpretation provision |
---|---|
the 1995 Act | section 97(1) |
the 1997 Act | section 97(1) |
the 2001 Act | section 97(1) |
the adults' list | section 1(1)(b) |
barred from regulated work | section 92 |
care service | section 97(1) |
charity | section 97(1) |
charity trustees | section 97(1) |
chief constable | section 97(1) |
chief officer of a relevant police force | section 97(5) |
child | section 97(1) |
the children's list | section 1(1)(a) |
community care service | section 94(4) |
competent application for removal from the list | section 25(3) |
conduct | section 97(1) |
[F1conviction, convicted (other than in section 14) | section 97(1)] |
council | section 97(1) |
direct payment | section 94(4) |
disciplinary proceedings | section 97(1) |
[F2Disclosure and Barring Service, DBS | section 97(1)] |
disclosure condition | section 55 |
disclosure declaration | section 97(1) |
disclosure information | section 68(4) |
disclosure record | section 97(1) |
disclosure request | section 97(1) |
employment (and related words) | section 97(1) |
employment agency | section 97(1) |
employment business | section 97(1) |
exempted question | section 68(5) |
foster carer | section 96(1) |
harm | section 93(1) |
Health Board | section 97(1) |
Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools | section 97(1) |
F3. . . | F3. . . |
legal proceedings | section 97(1) |
listed, listing (and related words) | section 1 |
Ministers | section 97(1) |
new vetting information | section 47(4) |
organisation | section 97(1) |
permitted purpose | section 67(3) |
personal data holder | section 64(2) |
personnel supplier | section 97(1) |
placed at risk of harm | section 93(2) |
police authority | section 97(1) |
police force | section 97(1) |
prescribed | section 97(1) |
protected adult | section 94 |
referral ground | section 2 |
registrar of dentists and dental care professionals | section 97(1) |
Registrar of health professionals | section 97(1) |
Registrar of nurses and midwives | section 97(1) |
[F4 registrar of pharmacists ] | section 97(1) |
regulated work | section 91(1) |
regulated work with adults | section 91(3) |
regulated work with children | section 91(2) |
relevant finding of fact | section 17(5) |
relevant functions | section 8(3) |
relevant inquiry | section 31(2) |
relevant inquiry report | section 31(3) |
relevant offence | section 32 |
relevant police force | section 97(5) |
relevant regulatory body | section 30(7) |
Scheme | section 44 |
scheme member | section 45(2) |
scheme record | section 48 |
school | section 97(1) |
short scheme record | section 53(3) |
F5. . . | F5. . . |
Special Health Board | section 97(1) |
staff transfer order | section 86(1) |
statement of scheme membership | section 46(2) |
type of regulated work | section 91(4) |
vetting information | section 49(1) |
work, worker, working | section 95 |
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. 5 inserted (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), ss. 90(3), 97 (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch.
F2Words in sch. 5 inserted (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 12(11)(a) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch.
F3Words in sch. 5 repealed (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 12(11)(b) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch.
F4Words in Sch. 5 substituted (27.9.2010) by The Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), art. 1(5), Sch. 4 para. 16(d); S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.
F5Sch. 5 entry repealed (1.4.2011) by The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/211), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 19(e)
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