The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010

Provision of information held by regulated work providers to Independent Safeguarding Authority

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

20.—(1) For the purposes of enabling or assisting the Independent Safeguarding Authority to determine whether to include an individual in, or remove an individual from—

(a)the children’s barred list or adults’ barred list maintained under section 2 of the 2006 Act; or

(b)the children’s barred list or adults’ barred list maintained under Article 6 of the 2007 Order,

the ISA may require a person falling within section 20(2) of the 2007 Act to provide it with any information held by the person which the ISA thinks may be relevant.

(2) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the amount specified as level 5 on the standard scale.