<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd"><act name="asp"><meta><identification source="#"><FRBRWork><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14"/><FRBRdate date="2007-04-18" name="enacted"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/ScottishParliament"/><FRBRcountry value="GB-SCT"/><FRBRnumber value="14"/><FRBRname value="2007 asp 14"/><FRBRprescriptive value="true"/></FRBRWork><FRBRExpression><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/2026-04-01"/><FRBRuri 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href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14/section/59">s. 59</ref> substituted (1.4.2025) by <ref eId="csn42wa55-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13">Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13)</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13/section/97">s. 97</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13/schedule/5/paragraph/10/32/a">sch. 5 para. 10(32)(a)</ref> (with <ref eId="csn42wa55-00010" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13/section/96">s. 96</ref>); <ref eId="csn42wa55-00011" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27">S.S.I. 2025/27</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00012" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27/regulation/3/1">reg. 3(1)</ref><ref eId="csn42wa55-00013" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27/regulation/3/2">(2)</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00014" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27/schedule">sch.</ref></p></note><note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-6b476a68eefc7134cefc697f64078b21" marker="F2"><p>Words in <ref eId="csn42wa55-00020" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/14/section/59/b">s. 59(b)</ref> substituted (1.4.2025) by <ref eId="csn42wa55-00021" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13">Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13)</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00022" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13/section/97">s. 97</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00023" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13/schedule/5/paragraph/10/32/b">sch. 5 para. 10(32)(b)</ref> (with <ref eId="csn42wa55-00024" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/13/section/96">s. 96</ref>); <ref eId="csn42wa55-00025" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27">S.S.I. 2025/27</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00026" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27/regulation/3/1">reg. 3(1)</ref><ref eId="csn42wa55-00027" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27/regulation/3/2">(2)</ref>, <ref eId="csn42wa55-00028" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2025/27/schedule">sch.</ref></p></note><note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="key-d0188832d4d59bb40c21cf2b0aba075d" marker="C1"><p>Pt. 2 modified (28.2.2011) by <ref eId="cxu1ys6s1-00204" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2660">The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2660)</ref>, <ref eId="cxu1ys6s1-00205" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2660/article/1">arts. 1</ref>, <ref eId="cxu1ys6s1-00206" class="subref operative" 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2</b></num><heading>Vetting and disclosure</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-2-crossheading-removal-from-scheme"><heading><i>Removal from scheme</i></heading><section eId="section-59" uk:target="true"><num>59</num><heading>Withdrawal from scheme</heading><intro><p>Ministers must remove a scheme member from the Scheme in relation to a type of regulated  <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-b59c6dbce5e50eac6d300ea00bf51773-1748004790079" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b59c6dbce5e50eac6d300ea00bf51773"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-b59c6dbce5e50eac6d300ea00bf51773" class="commentary"/>role</ins>  if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-59-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the scheme member applies to be so removed, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-59-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>they are satisfied that the scheme member is not  <ins class="substitution first last" 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