{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-consequential-provisions-order-2010/article-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2660",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-consequential-provisions-order-2010",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Provision of information held by providers of regulated roles to Disclosure and Barring Service",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of enabling or assisting the Disclosure and Barring Service to determine whether to include an individual in, or remove an individual from—\n(a) the children’s barred list or adults’ barred list maintained under section 2 of the 2006 Act; or\n(b) the children’s barred list or adults’ barred list maintained under Article 6 of the 2007 Order,\nthe DBS may require a person falling within section 20(2) of the 2007 Act to provide it with any information held by the person which the DBS thinks may be relevant.\n(2) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the amount specified as level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 20 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), 29 (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 20 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), 29 (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 20 heading substituted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/423), art. 2(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 20 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2660/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:17.400498+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."
}