{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-39.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/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Restrictions on listing in children's list",
  "text": "(1) Ministers need not list an individual (nor consider an individual for listing) in the children's list if the individual is already barred from regulated roles with children ...\n(2) Ministers need not consider an individual for listing in the children's list if—\n(a) they consider that it would be more appropriate for the individual's case to be dealt with by the Disclosure and Barring Service (“DBS”), or\n(b) subsection (3) applies.\n(3) This subsection applies where—\n(a) the individual’s case has been dealt with in pursuance of relevant corresponding legislation, and\n(b) Ministers are satisfied that all information relating to the individual which they consider relevant to their decision whether to consider to list the individual was considered before, or when, the individual’s case was last dealt with in pursuance of the relevant corresponding legislation .\n(4) Where—\n(a) in pursuance of subsection (2)(a), Ministers do not consider an individual for listing in the children's list, and\n(b) DBS deals with the individual's case,\nsection 30 applies (with any necessary modifications) as if Ministers are considering to list the individual in the children's list.\n(5) Ministers need not list an individual in the children's list under section 14 if they consider that it would be more appropriate for the individual’s case to be dealt with by DBS—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) Where—\n(a) in pursuance of subsection (5), Ministers do not list an individual in the children’s list under section 14, and\n(b) DBS deals with the individual’s case,\nsection 30 applies (with any necessary modifications) as if Ministers had listed the individual in the children’s list under section 14.\n(7) In this section “relevant corresponding legislation” means—\n(a) the Protection of Children Act 1999 (c.14) ,\n(b) the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c.43) ,\n(c) sections 142 to 144 of the Education Act 2002 (c.32) ,\n(d) the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003,\n(e) the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c.47) ,\n(f) regulations made under Article 70(1) and (2)(e) or 88A(1) and (2)(b) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986,\n(g) the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 39(1) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(26) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(1) repealed (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(2)(a) substituted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(2)(a) substituted (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 12(6)(a) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 39(3)(a) substituted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(3)(b) substituted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 39(4)(b) substituted (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 12(6)(b) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(4)(b) substituted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(5) inserted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Word in s. 39(5) substituted (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 12(6)(b) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 39(5)(a)(b) repealed (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 39(6)(7) inserted (18.4.2010 for specified purposes, coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/446), arts. 1(2), 7(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in s. 39(6)(b) substituted (10.12.2021) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 12(6)(b) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2021/380, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 39 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/39",
    "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."
}