http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/2Protection 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 12The referral ground—a in relation to an individual who is or has been carrying out (or has been offered or supplied for) a regulated role with children, is that the individual has, whether or not in the course of the individual carrying out that role— iharmed a child,iiplaced a child at risk of harm,iiiengaged in inappropriate conduct involving pornography,ivengaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature involving a child, orvgiven inappropriate medical treatment to a child,bin relation to an individual who is or has been carrying out (or has been offered or supplied for) a regulated role with adults, is that the individual has, whether or not in the course of the individual carrying out that role—iharmed a protected adult,iiplaced a protected adult at risk of harm,iiiengaged in inappropriate conduct involving pornography,ivengaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature involving a protected adult, orvgiven inappropriate medical treatment to a protected adult.Words in s. 2(b) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(2)(b) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.S. 2 in force at 28.2.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/157, art. 2(a)Words in s. 2(a) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(2)(a) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.