National Care Standards For Childcare Agencies

Footnotes

¹ The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 ( see Annex B for more details).

² A new Disclosure Bureau has been established within the Scottish Criminal Record Office for the purposes of issuing certificates under Part V of the Police Act 1997. This new service is known as Disclosure Scotland and is responsible for issuing three levels of certificates to be known as Basic disclosures, Standard disclosures and Enhanced disclosures.

³ The Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 provides for Scottish Ministers to establish a list of persons unsuitable to work with children. An enhanced disclosure will disclose whether a person is on the list.

⁴ Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and the Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 1996.