S. 34 in force at 28.2.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/157, art. 2(a)

S. 34 title substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(22)(c) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

Words in s. 34(1) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(22)(a) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

Word in s. 34(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(22)(b)(i) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

Words in s. 34(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(22)(b)(ii) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/34Protection 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 Participation2026-04-01Protection 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 1The listsOffences relating to regulated roles
34Barred individuals not to carry out regulated roles(1)

It is an offence for an individual to carry out, or to seek or agree to carry out, any regulated role from which the individual is barred.

(2)

It is a defence for an individual charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that the individual did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known—

(a)

that the individual was barred from that regulated role, or

(b)

that the role concerned was a regulated role.