The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025

Made: 19th March 2025

Coming into force: 20th March 2025

In accordance with section 61(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

• (2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

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• (1) The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 is amended as follows.

• (2) In section 50A(3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (provision of information to the police etc.)[^f00002]—

• (a) at the end of paragraph (a), for “, and” substitute a semicolon;

• (b) at the end of paragraph (b), insert—

; (c) the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force; (d) the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary; (e) the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police; (f) the Director General of the National Crime Agency; (g) the Provost Marshal of the Royal Navy Police; (h) the Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police; (i) the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police; (j) the Provost Marshal for serious crime; (k) the Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary; (l) the Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force; (m) the Chief Officer of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey.

Signed

Jess Phillips — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Home Office — 19th March 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the definition of ‘a chief officer of police’ in section 50A(3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47) so that the Disclosure and Barring Service may provide barred list information to non-territorial police forces and other relevant authorities.

Article 2 updates the list in section 50A(3) and adds non-territorial police forces in the UK and the police forces in the Crown Dependencies, providing the Disclosure and Barring Service with the legal power to share its barred list information with these forces to ensure that they have access to information which indicates that someone is considered to pose a risk to certain vulnerable groups.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 47.

[^f00002]: Section 50A was inserted by section 88 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26). Subsection 3 was inserted by S.I. 2010/1154 and amended by paragraph 65(3) and (4) of Schedule 9 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) and S.I. 2013/602. There are other amendments to section 50A that are not relevant to this Order.