{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/47",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Offences: other persons",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) A person commits an offence if, in the course of acting or appearing to act on behalf of a personnel supplier—\n(a) he supplies an individual (B) to another (P),\n(b) he knows or has reason to believe that P will make arrangements for B to engage in regulated activity from which B is barred, and\n(c) he knows or has reason to believe that B is barred from the activity.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to a fine, or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) For the purpose of subsection (2)(b), Schedule 4 is modified as follows—\n(a) in paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(a) must be disregarded;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(10) In relation to an offence committed 2 May 2022, the reference in subsection (5)(b) to the general limit in a magistrates’ court must be taken to be a reference to six months.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 19(1) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 59(2), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 19(3)(4) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 59(3), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(5)(b) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 19(6)(7) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 59(4), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(8) substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 59(5)(a) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 19(8)(b)(c) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 59(5)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 19(9) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 59(6), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(10) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(10) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19(2)(5)(10) in force at 12.10.2009 by S.I. 2009/2611, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 19(8) in force at 12.10.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2611, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:33.775292+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."
}