{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fees-for-scheme-membership-and-disclosure-applications-scotland-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2025/25",
  "legislation_title": "The Fees for Scheme Membership and Disclosure Applications (Scotland) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fees-for-scheme-membership-and-disclosure-applications-scotland-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Protection Of Vulnerable Groups\nMade 30th January 2025\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd February 2025\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(1) and (2) of the Protection of Vulnerable (Groups) (Scotland) Act 2007 and section 61(1), (2)(a) and (b) and (3) of the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 70(3) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Ministers have had regard to the circumstances in which the fees are payable, and the desirability of maintaining an appropriate balance among the quality of the performance of their vetting, barring and disclosure functions, the cost of that performance, and the fees paid to them in respect of that performance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 asp 14. Section 70 was amended by paragraph 10(41) of schedule 5 of the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13) (“the Disclosure Act”). Section 97(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2020 asp 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/25/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:37:09.242672+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}