{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-38.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/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Police access to lists",
  "text": "(1) Ministers must make available to the chief constable—\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 subsection (2).\n(2) Information disclosed under subsection (1) may be used by constables of the Police Service of Scotland only for the law enforcement purposes within the meaning of section 31 of the Data Protection Act 2018.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 38(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 36(3)(a); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 38(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 36(3)(b); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 38(2) substituted (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 12(5) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 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/38",
    "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."
}