National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
Number 47 of 2012
NATIONAL VETTING BUREAU (CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 19 July 2022
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), enacted 19 July 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 376 of 2022), made 18 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 47 of 2012
NATIONAL VETTING BUREAU (CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 19 July 2022
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016), part 3). The Acts in this group are:
• National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (47/2012)
• Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016), part 3
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1979, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022)
• Domestic Violence Act 2018 (6/2018)
• Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016)
• Children First Act 2015 (36/2015)
All Acts up to and including Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), enacted 19 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Section 21) (Prescribed Period) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 610 of 2017)
• National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Section 21) (Prescribed Period) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 223 of 2016)
• National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Appeals) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 219 of 2016)
• National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 214 of 2016)
All statutory instruments up to and including European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 376 of 2022), made 18 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 47 of 2012
NATIONAL VETTING BUREAU (CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 19 July 2022
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
3. Act not to apply to certain relationships or arrangements, etc.
National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Database System
6. Establishment of National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Database System.
7. Functions of Bureau in relation to database, etc.
8. Register of relevant organisations.
9. Nomination and registration of liaison persons for purposes of Act.
10. Register of specified information.
11. Register of vetted persons.
Procedures for Vetting Disclosures
12. Requirement for vetting disclosure in respect of certain work or activities.
13. Applications for vetting disclosure and who may apply.
14. Consideration by Bureau of application for vetting disclosure.
14A. Certain convictions are not required to be disclosed.
15. Assessment of specified information.
16. Assessment and use of vetting disclosures by relevant organisations.
18. Appeals from determination of Chief Bureau Officer.
19. Scheduled organisations required to notify specified information to Bureau.
Miscellaneous
22. Appointment of Chief Bureau Officer and delegation of functions of Chief Bureau Officer.
25. Amendment of section 7 of Garda Síochána Act 2005.
26. Falsification of vetting disclosures, etc.
28. Liability for offences by bodies corporate.
29. Garda Central Vetting Unit — change of name to National Vetting Bureau.
Relevant Work or Activities Relating to Children
Relevant Work or Activities Relating to Vulnerable Persons
Organisations Required to Notify Specified Information to Bureau
Excluded Offences for Purposes of Section 14A
Acts Referred to
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2010, No. 21 |
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1991, No. 17 |
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2001, No. 24 |
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Companies Acts |
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1985, No. 9 |
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1998, No. 51 |
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1971, No. 27 |
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2005, No. 20 |
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2007, No. 23 |
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2005, No. 27 |
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2007, No. 25 |
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2001, No. 25 |
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1985, No. 18 |
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2011, No. 41 |
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2009, No. 15 |
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2007, No. 20 |
Number 47 of 2012
NATIONAL VETTING BUREAU (CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 19 July 2022
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONS AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A NATIONAL VETTING BUREAU (CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONS) DATABASE SYSTEM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES THAT ARE TO APPLY IN RESPECT OF PERSONS WHO WISH TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN WORK OR ACTIVITIES RELATING TO CHILDREN OR VULNERABLE PERSONS OR TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES TO CHILDREN OR VULNERABLE PERSONS; TO AMEND THE GARDA SÍOCHÁNA ACT 2005; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CHANGE OF NAME OF THE GARDA CENTRAL VETTING UNIT TO THE NATIONAL VETTING BUREAU; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[26th December, 2012]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: