{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-3-order-2012/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-3-order-2012/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2234",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-3-order-2012",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On receiving an application under article 8, DBS must remove the person from the children’s barred list or the adults’ barred list (as the case may be) if it does not have reason to believe that the person has been engaged, or, on the date on which they were barred, might in the future be engaged in regulated activity relating to children or vulnerable adults (as the case may be).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 9 substituted (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 13(1)(3)(ee) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 9 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2234/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:40.493383+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."
}