Part 8Miscellaneous

Chapter 1Safeguarding vulnerable groups and criminal records

Renaming of Independent Barring Board

81Renaming of Independent Barring Board

(1)

The Independent Barring Board is renamed the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

(2)

For the words in the left-hand column of the table, wherever they appear in the enactments mentioned in subsection (3), substitute the corresponding words in the right-hand column of the table.

Existing words

Substitution

“Independent Barring Board”

“Independent Safeguarding Authority”

“Independent Barring Board's”

“Independent Safeguarding Authority's”

“IBB”

“ISA”

“IBB's”

“ISA's”

(3)

The enactments are—

(a)

Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11),

(b)

sections 7 and 11 of the Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35),

(c)

section 35C of the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54),

(d)

section 13D of the Opticians Act 1989 (c. 44),

(e)

section 20 of the Osteopaths Act 1993 (c. 21),

(f)

section 20 of the Chiropractors Act 1994 (c. 17),

(g)

section 97 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16),

(h)

sections 113BA, 113BB, 113CA and 113CB of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50),

(i)

sections 56 and 75 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29),

(j)

paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30),

(k)

section 167C of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32),

(l)

section 171 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40),

(m)

the following enactments in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47) (including any relevant headings)—

(i)

sections 1, 2, 4F1, 6, 15, 25, 35, 36 to 47 and 50,

(ii)

paragraphs 1, 3 to 7 and 9 to 16 of Schedule 1,

(iii)

paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2,

(iv)

paragraphs 2 to 6, 8 to 21, 23 and 25 of Schedule 3,

(v)

F2paragraphs 4 and 8 of Schedule 4,

(vi)

F3paragraph 2 of Schedule 5, and

(vii)

paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 8,

(n)

sections 39, 40 and 97 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14),

(o)

the following enactments in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1351 (N.I. 11)) (including any relevant headings)—

(i)

Articles 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 19, 29, 37 to 49 and 52,

(ii)

paragraphs 2 to 6, 8 to 21, 23 and 25 of Schedule 1,

(iii)

paragraphs 4 and 8 of Schedule 2,

(iv)

paragraph 2 of Schedule 3, and

(v)

paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 6, and

(p)

sections 130 and 141 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25).

(4)

In the following enactments for “the Board” substitute “ the Authority ”

(a)

section 167C of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) (both as inserted by the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40) and as substituted by the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)), and

(b)

section 130(4) of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25).

(5)

Any reference (other than those dealt with by subsections (2) to (4) above) to the Independent Barring Board in any enactment or other document passed or made before the commencement of this section is to be read as a reference to the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

(6)

Any reference to the Independent Safeguarding Authority which arises by virtue of this section is to be read, in relation to times before the commencement of this section, as a reference to the Independent Barring Board.

(7)

In this section—

“enactment” includes an Act of the Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland legislation and an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation,

“subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)) and also includes an instrument made under—

(a)

an Act of the Scottish Parliament, or

(b)

Northern Ireland legislation.