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The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025

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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 61(3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Police, England And Wales

Made ***

Coming into force ***

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 64(2)(a) and (3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006f1.

In accordance with section 56(3)(o) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers.

In accordance with section 61(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 47.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales.

2Amendment of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

(1)

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 50A(3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (provision of information to the police etc.)f1—

(a)

at the end of paragraph (a), for “, and” substitute a semicolon;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (b), insert—

“;

(c)

the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force;

(d)

the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;

(e)

the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;

(f)

the Director General of the National Crime Agency;

(g)

the Provost Marshal of the Royal Navy Police;

(h)

the Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police;

(i)

the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police;

(j)

the Provost Marshal for serious crime;

(k)

the Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary;

(l)

the Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force;

(m)

the Chief Officer of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey.”.

Signature

Name

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the definition of ‘a chief officer of police’ in section 50A(3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47) so that the Disclosure and Barring Service may provide barred list information to non-territorial police forces and other relevant authorities.

Article 2 updates the list in section 50A(3) and adds non-territorial police forces in the UK and the police forces in the Crown Dependencies, providing the Disclosure and Barring Service with the legal power to share its barred list information with these forces to ensure that they have access to information which indicates that someone is considered to pose a risk to certain vulnerable groups.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.