[2024] UKUT 129 (AAC)

Because the nature and extent of the Upper Tribunal’s jurisdiction and powers in relation to appeals against barring decisions is somewhat unusual, we set out below an outline of the statutory framework for appeals such as this.

DBS was established by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, taking on the functions of the Criminal Records Bureau and the Independent Safeguarding Authority. One of its main functions is the maintenance of the children’s barred list and the adults’ barred list (the “Barred Lists”, and each a “Barred List”). Its power and duty to do so arises under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (the “2006 Act”).