{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/14",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Referral ground",
  "text": "The referral ground—\n(a) in relation to an individual who is or has been carrying out (or has been offered or supplied for) a regulated role with children, is that the individual has, whether or not in the course of the individual carrying out that role—\n(i) harmed a child,\n(ii) placed a child at risk of harm,\n(iii) engaged in inappropriate conduct involving pornography,\n(iv) engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature involving a child, or\n(v) given inappropriate medical treatment to a child,\n(b) in relation to an individual who is or has been carrying out (or has been offered or supplied for) a regulated role with adults, is that the individual has, whether or not in the course of the individual carrying out that role—\n(i) harmed a protected adult,\n(ii) placed a protected adult at risk of harm,\n(iii) engaged in inappropriate conduct involving pornography,\n(iv) engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature involving a protected adult, or\n(v) given inappropriate medical treatment to a protected adult.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(a) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(2)(a) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(b) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(2)(b) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 28.2.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/157, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:53.317203+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."
}