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Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003

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CONTENTS

Duty to keep list
Section 
1Duty of Scottish Ministers to keep list

Referrals
2Reference following disciplinary action etc.
3Reference by employment agency etc.
4Reference by certain other persons

Inclusion in list
5Inclusion in list following referral under section 2(1) or 4(1)
6Individuals named in the findings of certain inquiries
7Provisional inclusion in list
8Determination under section 5 or 6: power to regulate procedure
9Protection from actions of defamation
10Individuals convicted of an offence against a child

Effect of inclusion in list
11Offences relating to work in a child care position
12Searches of lists: amendment of Police Act 1997
13Amendment of Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965

Removal from list and appeals
14Applications for removal from list
15Appeals: inclusion in list under section 5 or 6 etc.
16Appeals: inclusion in list following conviction of offence against a child

Interpretation and general
17Meaning of "disqualified from working with children"
18Interpretation
19Notices
20Offences by bodies corporate etc.
21Orders and regulations
22Short title and commencement
 

 
    Schedule 1-Offences against a child
    Schedule 2-Child care positions
 


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Explanatory Note
 
 
 
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