# Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, Section 19: Offences: other persons

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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) A person commits an offence if, in the course of acting or appearing to act on behalf of a personnel supplier—
(a) he supplies an individual (B) to another (P),
(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
(c) he knows or has reason to believe that B is barred from the activity.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to a fine, or to both;
(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.
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8) For the purpose of subsection (2)(b), Schedule 4 is modified as follows—
(a) in paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(a) must be disregarded;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/section-19
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