The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Power to Refer) (Information Relevant to Listing Decisions) Order 2010

Made: 5th May 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 6th May 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections8(2) and 17(5)(d) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Power to Refer) (Information Relevant to Listing Decisions) Order 2010 and comes into force on the same day as section 1 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.

• (2) In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007; and

• “the NHS Tribunal” means the NHS Tribunal constituted in accordance with schedule8 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978[^f00002].

Specified Person

2

The NHS Tribunal is a person specified for the purposes of section8(2) of the Act.

Person making a relevant finding of fact

3

The NHS Tribunal is a person specified for the purposes of section17(5)(d) of the Act.

Signed

ADAM INGRAM — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 5th May 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article2 of this Order specifies the NHS Tribunal as a person to whom section8 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Act”) applies.

Article3 of this Order specifies the NHS Tribunal as a person making a “relevant finding of fact” in proceedings before it, for the purposes of section 17(5)(d) of the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 asp14.

[^f00002]: 1978 c.29.