TITLE OF PROPOSAL
1. This partial Regulatory Impact Assessment (" RIA") relates to the Scottish Statutory Instruments ( SSIs) to be made under powers in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The most significant of these are those which relate to:
- the scope of regulated work with children and adults;
- contractors' access to disclosure records;
- offences which lead to automatic listing or automatic consideration for listing;
- the arrangements for retrospective checking; and
- fees for disclosures and scheme membership.
2. This RIA supersedes the previous draft RIA published on 15 November 2007 ( RIA No. 2007/40) which accompanied the Scottish Government consultation " Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Scottish Vetting and Barring Scheme -Consultation on Policy Proposals for Secondary Legislation" took place between 1 November 2007 and 12 February 2008 ("the 2007 consultation").
3. During consideration of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Bill at the Scottish Parliament, the previous administration gave commitments to consult on a number of the more significant SSIs in draft. The current administration reaffirmed this commitment in the 2007 consultation. This RIA has been updated and is published for consultation alongside seven of the significant draft SSIs and the draft guidance ("the 2009 consultation") and the Scottish Government will consider any comments made on this RIA received before 2 February 2010 . A response form is attached to the end of this document and also available in Word format separately.