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Duty to maintain the Barred Lists
Duty to maintain the Barred Lists
Section 2(1)(a) of the 2006 Act places a duty on the DBS to maintain the Barred Lists. Under Section 3(2)(a) of the 2006 Act a person is barred from “regulated activity” relating to children if they are included in the children’s barred list. Under Section 3(3)(a) a person is barred from “regulated activity” relating to vulnerable adults if they are included in the adults’ barred list.
- Heading
- On appeal from the Disclosure and Barring Service ( “DBS” )
- Factual background
- The statutory framework
- Duty to maintain the Barred Lists
- Criteria for inclusion in the Barred Lists
- Appeals of decisions to include, or not to remove, persons in the Barred Lists
- The authorities on the Upper Tribunal’s jurisdiction
- The agreed facts
- MM’s grounds of appeal
- The appeal hearing
- The oral evidence
- Section 12
- Discussion
- Ground 2 – was inclusion in the children’s barred list irrational or disproportionate?
- Conclusions