Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007

Disclosure

52Disclosure of scheme records

(1)Ministers must disclose a scheme member’s scheme record if—

(a)disclosure conditions A to D are satisfied, and

(b)section 53 does not require them to disclose the scheme member’s short scheme record.

(2)Ministers must send a copy of a record disclosed under subsection (1) to the scheme member who made the disclosure request.

53Disclosure of short scheme records

(1)Ministers must disclose a scheme member’s short scheme record if—

(a)disclosure conditions A to D are satisfied,

(b)they have previously disclosed the member’s scheme record, and

(c)the scheme member requests disclosure of a short scheme record only.

(2)Ministers must send a copy of a record disclosed under subsection (1) to the scheme member who made the disclosure request.

(3)A short scheme record is a document which—

(a)includes a scheme member’s statement of scheme membership,

(b)specifies the date on which the scheme member’s scheme record was last disclosed under section 52,

(c)says whether any vetting information was included in the scheme member’s scheme record on that date,

(d)if any new vetting information has been included in the scheme member’s scheme record since that date, says when that information was so included, and

(e)if any vetting information has been removed from the scheme member’s scheme record since that date, says when that information was so removed.

(4)A short scheme record must not disclose any vetting information of the types referred to in paragraphs (c) to (e) of subsection (3).

54Disclosure of scheme membership

(1)If disclosure conditions A to C are satisfied, Ministers must disclose a scheme member’s statement of scheme membership.

(2)Ministers must send a copy of a statement disclosed under subsection (1) to the scheme member who made the disclosure request.

55Disclosure conditions

The disclosure conditions are—

56Crown work

(1)This section applies where a disclosure declaration is made by—

(a)a Minister of the Crown,

(b)a member of the Scottish Executive,

(c)any other office-holder in the Scottish Administration, or

(d)a nominee of any person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

(2)Where this section applies Ministers may, despite disclosure condition D, disclose the relevant scheme record or short scheme record.

57Disclosure restrictions

(1)Regulations under section 49(1)(d) may prohibit Ministers (at any time or in prescribed circumstances)—

(a)from including a prescribed type of information in scheme records,

(b)from disclosing a prescribed type of information under section 52 or 53.

(2)Subsection (3) applies where—

(a)a scheme member participates in the Scheme in relation to both types of regulated work, and

(b)Ministers receive a disclosure request which includes a disclosure declaration made in relation to only one of those types of regulated work.

(3)Where this subsection applies, Ministers must not—

(a)disclose information which appears in the member’s scheme record only because the member participates in the Scheme in relation to the other type of regulated work, or

(b)reveal whether any such information has been included in, or removed from, the member’s scheme record.