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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/45F</dc:identifier><dc:title>Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007</dc:title><dc:description>An 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.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-28</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-04-01</dct:valid>
					
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ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">Personnel suppliers not to supply individuals for regulated roles without confirming scheme membership</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/45F" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14/section/45F" id="section-45F"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">45F</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/45F/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14/section/45F/1" id="section-45F-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">Subsection (2) applies where a personnel supplier knows or has reason to believe that an organisation will make arrangements for an individual to carry out a type of regulated role.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/45F/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14/section/45F/2" id="section-45F-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">Where this subsection applies, it is an offence for the personnel supplier to offer or supply the individual to the organisation in relation to that type of regulated role unless the personnel supplier has received a Level 2 disclosure in pursuance of a request under section 18(1)(a) of the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 containing a statement confirming that the individual participates in the Scheme in relation to that type of regulated role.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/45F/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14/section/45F/3" id="section-45F-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" CommentaryRef="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1">Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to an individual who is—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/45F/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14/section/45F/3/a" id="section-45F-3-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-0abad3135fa58b91be1934b284656aa1-1727790288437" 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