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Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Section 88: Transfer of functions to DBS and dissolution of ISA

355.Subsection (1) of section 88 provides that the Secretary of State may, by order, transfer any function of the ISA to the DBS. Subsection (2) provides that the Secretary of State may by order transfer to the DBS any function of the Secretary of State in connection with Part 5 of the 1997 Act (the criminal record certificate functions of the CRB); the SVGA (the CRB’s functions in connection with the safeguarding of vulnerable groups); and the SVGO (under which the CRB has equivalent functions to those under the SVGA). Subsection (3) allows the Secretary of State by order to dissolve the ISA.

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