{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2010/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2010/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/446",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2010",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Provision of lists by Ministers to police",
  "text": "(1) Ministers may provide to a person specified in paragraph (2)—\n(a) the name of each individual included in the children’s list;\n(b) the name of each individual included in the adults’ list; and\n(c) any other information contained in those lists which Ministers consider should be disclosed for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (3).\n(2) The persons specified are—\n(a) the chief officer of a police force in England and Wales;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\n(d) the Royal Navy Police;\n(e) the Royal Military Police;\n(f) the Royal Air Force Police;\n(g) the Ministry of Defence Police;\n(h) the British Transport Police;\n(i) the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;\n(j) the National Crime Agency;\n(k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(l) the States of Jersey Police Force;\n(m) the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;\n(n) the Isle of Man Constabulary; and\n(o) the Garda Síochána.\n(3) Information may only be provided to a person specified in paragraph (2) for the purposes of—\n(a) the prevention or detection of crime; or\n(b) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 16(2)(b) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 122(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 16(2)(j) substituted (7.10.2013) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 122(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 16(2)(k) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 122(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 16 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/446/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:52:30.630174+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."
}