# The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitory Provisions) Order 2008, Article 9: Information provided by IBB


(1) IBB may provide to either of the persons specified in paragraph (2) any information specified in paragraph (3).
(2) The persons are—
(a) the Secretary of State for the purposes of his functions under the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 1997, Part V of the Police Act 1997 and article 10;
(b) the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of their functions under Part V of the Police Act 1997.
(3) The information is—
(a) information provided to IBB under paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to the Act;
(b) the fact that a person is included in a barred list under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2008;
(c) the fact that a person is included in a barred list otherwise than as described in sub-paragraph (b);
(d) the fact that IBB is considering including a person in a barred list;
(e) the personal details of any person referred to in sub-paragraph (b), (c) or (d);
(4) In paragraph (3) “personal details” includes the name (including any former name or alias), address, gender and date of birth of a person together with such further details as IBB consider are necessary to identify the person in question.
(5) IBB may, at the request of a person (X) who meets the requirement specified in paragraph (7), inform that person whether a person (Y) falls within paragraph (6).
(6) Y falls within this paragraph if Y is—
(a) included in the list kept under section 1 of the 1999 Act;
(b) subject to a direction under section 142 of the 2002 Act;
(c) included in a barred list.
(7) The requirement is that X satisfies IBB that X has a legitimate interest in knowing whether Y falls within paragraph (6).
(8) If IBB—
(a) knows or thinks that a person appears on the register of teachers maintained under section 3 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, and
(b) becomes aware of relevant information relating to that person,
it must provide that information to the General Teaching Council for England or General Teaching Council for Wales, as the case may be.
(9) In paragraph (8) “relevant information” is information which—
(a) relates to the protection of children or vulnerable adults in general, or
(b) is relevant to the exercise of any function of the General Teaching Council for England or the General Teaching Council for Wales,
and includes information specified in paragraph (3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110845609/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-transitory-provisions-order-2008/article-9
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