Deadline warning for PVG registration to be on SLAB’s children’s duty scheme

Anyone not a member of the PVG Scheme and without SLAB as a registered body on their record cannot be on the scheme.

Applications to be on the duty scheme must be submitted by 27 March.

However the timescales for being accepted as a member of the PVG Scheme mean the process must be completed well in advance.

SLAB’s update of 11 December 2014 gives more details about registration and what you need to do.

The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (PVG act) created the legislative framework for a new vetting and barring scheme for those working with children and protected adults in Scotland.

Section 91 of the 2007 act bars individuals from regulated work with children if the individual is listed in the children’s list maintained under the act.

The PVG scheme contains all conviction information, spent and unspent, and any other non-conviction information considered to be relevant by the police or other government bodies.

There are a number of elements to be taken into account in considering whether work is regulated, and these include being in sole charge of children and/or having unsupervised contact with children under arrangements made by a responsible person.