75 Professional bodies

Other amendments relating to new arrangements: England and Wales

75  Professional bodies

(1)     In section 41 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (registers: duty to refer)—

(a)     in subsection (1)—

(i)     for “must” substitute “may”, and

(ii)     omit “prescribed”,

(b)     in subsection (4)—

(i)     in paragraph (a), for “engaged or may engage” substitute “or has been, or might in future be, engaged”,

(ii)     also in paragraph (a), omit “or controlled activity”, and

(iii)     in paragraph (b) for “, 2, 7 or 8” substitute “or 7”,

(c)     in subsection (5) omit “prescribed”, and

(d)     in the heading for “duty” substitute “power”.

(2)     Omit paragraph 9(2)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 (SI 2009/1182) (which, if section 44(1) of the Act of 2006 were to come into force, would insert subsections (4A) to (4C) into section 41 of the Act of 2006).

(3)     In section 43 of the Act of 2006 (registers: notice of barring etc) for subsections (1) to (5) substitute—

“(1)     Subsection (2) applies if—

(a)     ISA knows or thinks that a person (A) appears on a relevant register, and

(b)     either—

(i)

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