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 2 April 2025
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.
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Number 47 of 2012
NATIONAL VETTING BUREAU (CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 2 April 2025
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 2 April 2025
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: