http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/part/4Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007An Act of the Scottish Parliament to bar certain individuals from working with children or certain adults; to require the Scottish Ministers to keep lists of those individuals; to make further provision in relation to those lists; to establish a scheme under which information about individuals working or seeking to work with children or certain adults is collated and disclosed; to amend Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; to amend the meaning of school care accommodation service in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-28Expert Participation2026-04-01 Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007s. 13A-13CDisclosure (Scotland) Act 2020s. 76(2)s. 96s. 97Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007sch. 2 para. 31(1)Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024sch. para. 25(2)(a)(i)s. 38(3) Part 4 821In section 2 of the 2001 Act, for subsection (4) substitute—4A school care accommodation service is a service which—aconsists of the provision of residential accommodation to a pupil in a place in or outwith a public, independent or grant-aided school;bis provided (whether or not during term-time) for the purpose of or in connection with the pupil's attendance at the school (whether current or otherwise); andcis provided to the pupil by—ian education authority or the managers of an independent or grant-aided school; oriiany person under arrangements made between that person and any such authority or managers.4AFor the purposes of subsection (4)(c)(i) above, a service which—afalls within the description given by subsection (4)(a), (b) and (c)(ii) above; andbis provided to the pupil in domestic premises,is to be regarded as being provided by that authority or (as the case may be) those managers.4BA service may be excepted from the definition in subsection (4) above by regulations..2In section 77(1) of the 2001 Act, in the definition of “school care accommodation service”, for “has the meaning given by subsection (4) of section 2” substitute “ is to be construed in accordance with subsections (4) to (4B) of section 2 of ”.83In section 78 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5), in subsection (5)(c), after “section)” insert “ except where the service is provided as mentioned in subsection (4)(c)(ii) of that section ”.S. 83 in force at 1.9.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/385, art. 2, Sch.S. 82 in force at 1.9.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/385, art. 2, Sch.