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  "legislation": "ssi/2024/242",
  "legislation_title": "The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024",
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  "text": "Provisions of the Disclosure Act coming into force on 30 September 2024.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nProvision of the Disclosure Act\nSubject matter\nPurpose\nSection 1\nLevel 1 disclosure\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe details under section 1(a) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 4\nProvision of Level 1 disclosure to third parties\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe the period under section 4(1) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 5\nLevel 1 disclosure: application for review\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe the period under section 5(1) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 8\nLevel 2 disclosure\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe details under section 8(1)(a) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 9\nNon-disclosable convictions\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 9(3) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 15\nProvision of relevant overseas police information\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to—\n(a) make regulations under section 15(5) of the Disclosure Act,\n(b) prescribe the meaning of “relevant overseas police force” under section 15(6) of the Disclosure Act for the purposes of that section.\nSection 16\nFurther information for certain purposes: non-PVG scheme members\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to—\n(a) prescribe purposes under section 16(1)(b) of the Disclosure Act,\n(b) prescribe details under section 16(4)(a)(ii) and 16(4)(b)(ii) of the Disclosure Act,\n(c) prescribe civil court orders and the details of those orders under section 16(4)(a)(v) and 16(4)(b)(v) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 17\nFurther information for certain purposes: PVG Scheme members\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe civil court orders and the details of those orders under section 17(3)(d) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 18\nProvision of Level 2 disclosure to accredited bodies\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe the period under section 18(1) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 20\nLevel 2 disclosure: application for review\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe the period under section 20(1) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 24\nReview of relevant Scottish police information by the independent reviewer\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable Scottish Ministers to prescribe the period under section 24(2) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 26\nReview of inclusion of removable convictions by the independent reviewer\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe the period under section 26(2) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 31\nProvision of new Level 2 disclosure on conclusion of review proceedings\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 31(6)(a) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 33\nLevel 2 disclosure: considering relevance and whether to include certain information\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 33(5) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 34\nForm and manner of provision of disclosures\nSection 36\nRegulations about procedure for disclosure requests\nSection 37\nRegulations about review procedure\nSection 38\nPower to modify definitions of Level 1 disclosure and Level 2 disclosure\nSection 39\nChildhood information: power to modify other enactments\nSection 45\nOffences under sections 42 and 44: supplementary provision\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe purposes under section 45(1)(f) and prescribe circumstances under section 45(2)(f) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 49\nSuitable persons to have access to disclosure information\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Minsters to prescribe—\n(a) the meaning of “relevant police force” under section 49(5) of the Disclosure Act for the purposes of that section,\n(b) departments or bodies under section 49(7)(c)(iii) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 51\nLead signatories and countersignatories\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe details under section 51(5) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 54\nRegulations about registration\nSection 55\nCode of practice\nSection 56\nSharing of Level 2 disclosure information by accredited bodies\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 56(5) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 58\nPower to use personal data to check identity\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe persons holding data about individuals under section 58(2)(d) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 59\nPower to use fingerprints to check identity\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe the manner, persons and places under section 59(1) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 60\nForm and manner of applications and notices\nSection 61\nFees\nSection 68\nDefinition of consideration of suitability\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe a purpose under section 68(c) of the Disclosure Act.\nSection 69\nInterpretation of Part 1\nFor all remaining purposes.\nSection 73\nCompulsory Scheme membership\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 45E(1) of the PVG Act (as inserted by section 73(2) of the Disclosure Act).\nSection 74(3) and schedule 3\nRegulated roles with children\nOnly in so far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to—\n(a) prescribe circumstances under paragraph 2(5) of schedule 2 of the PVG Act (as substituted by schedule 3 of the Disclosure Act),\n(b) make regulations under paragraph 32 of schedule 2 of the PVG Act (as substituted by schedule 3 of the Disclosure Act),\n(c) make regulations under paragraph 33 of schedule 2 of the PVG Act (as substituted by schedule 3 of the Disclosure Act).\nSection 74(4) and schedule 4\nRegulated roles with adults\nOnly insofar as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to—\n(a) prescribe circumstances under paragraph 2(5) of schedule 3 of the PVG Act (as substituted by schedule 4 of the Disclosure Act),\n(b) make regulations under paragraph 25 of schedule 3 of the PVG Act (as substituted by schedule 4 of the Disclosure Act).\nSection 75\nMeaning of “protected adult”\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable Scottish Ministers to prescribe—\n(a) services under section 94(1)(c) of the PVG Act (as substituted by section 75(2) of the Disclosure Act),\n(b) services and activities under section 94(1)(d) of the PVG Act (as substituted by section 75(2) of the Disclosure Act).\nSection 80\nReference by chief constable\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe information under section 6A of the PVG Act (as inserted by section 80(2) of the Disclosure Act).\nSection 82\nReference by councils or integration joint boards\nSection 86\nConfirmation of scheme membership under the PVG Act\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to prescribe information under section 46(2)(d) of the PVG Act (as substituted by section 86(2) of the Disclosure Act).\nSection 93\nConsequential and minor modifications\nOnly insofar as is necessary to bring into force the provisions of schedule 5 listed below in column 1 of this table (and for the corresponding purposes listed in column 3 of this table).\nParagraph 5 of schedule 5\nModifications of enactments in consequence of Part 1\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to—\n(a) prescribe details under section 18(4)(b) of the PVG Act (as substituted by paragraph 5(2)(a) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure Act),\n(b) prescribe civil court orders under section 18(5)(c) of the PVG Act (as inserted by paragraph 5(2)(b) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure Act),\n(c) prescribe details under section 49(1)(a) of the PVG Act (as substituted by paragraph 5(3)(a) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure Act).\nParagraph 10(41) and (43) of schedule 5\nModifications of enactments in consequence of Part 2\nOnly insofar as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to—\n(a) prescribe fees in accordance with—\n(i) section 70(1) of the PVG Act (as amended by paragraph 10(41)(a) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure Act),\n(ii) section 70(2) of the PVG Act (as amended by paragraph 10(41)(b) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure Act),\n(b) prescribe further procedure in accordance with—\n(i) section 72(2)(a) of the PVG Act (as amended by paragraph 10(43)(a) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure Act),\n(ii) section 70(2)(d) of the PVG Act (as substituted by paragraph 10(43)(c) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure Act).",
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