Part VIIProtection of children and vulnerable adults

General

103Temporary provision for access to lists

1

Any person seeking to ascertain whether a relevant individual is included in—

a

the list kept under section 1 of the 1999 Act;

b

the list kept for the purposes of regulations made under section 218(6) of the [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988; or

c

any list kept by the Secretary of State or the Assembly of persons disqualified under section 470 or 471 of the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996,

shall be entitled to that information on making, before the relevant commencement, an application for the purpose to the Secretary of State.

2

In this section “relevant individual” means—

a

in relation to a person who carries on an employment agency, an individual with whom he proposes to do business or an individual of any other prescribed description;

b

in relation to any other person, an individual to whom he proposes to offer, or whom he proposes to supply for employment in, a child care position or an individual of any other prescribed description.

3

The relevant commencement is—

a

for applications relating to the list mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b), the commencement of section 8 of the 1999 Act; and

b

for applications relating to the list mentioned in subsection (1)(c), the commencement of section 102.

4

Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) are without prejudice to any right conferred otherwise than by virtue of those provisions.