Disclosure and Barring Service definition

Disclosure and Barring Service or “DBS” means the non-departmental public body established pursuant to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012;

Disclosure and Barring Service means the non-departmental public body established pursuant to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

Disclosure and Barring Service. Means the body corporate to whom the Secretary of State has delegated his functions under Part V of the Police Act 1997 in relation to applications for criminal record certificates and enhanced criminal record certificates as established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012;

Examples of Disclosure and Barring Service in a sentence

• The School has a legal duty to refer to the Disclosure and Barring Service anyone who has harmed, or poses a risk of harm, to a child, or if there is reason to believe the member of staff has committed one of a number of listed offences, and who has been removed from working (paid or unpaid) in regulated activity, or would have been removed had they not left.

• We will question the contents of application forms if we are unclear about them, we will undertake Disclosure and Barring Service checks and use any other means of ensuring we are recruiting and selecting the most suitable people to work with our children.

• In response to COVID-19, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has made changes to its guidance on standard and enhanced DBS ID checking to minimise the need for face-to-face contact.

• The School has a legal obligation to report promptly to the Disclosure and Barring Service any person (whether employed, contracted, a volunteer or a student) who has harmed, or poses a risk of harm, to a child, or if there is reason to believe the member of staff has committed one of a number of listed offences, and who has been removed from working (paid or unpaid) in regulated activity, or would have been removed had they not left.

• Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found at the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

More Definitions of Disclosure and Barring Service

Disclosure and Barring Service or “DBS” means the non-departmental public body established pursuant to the Protection of Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000;

Disclosure and Barring Service means the bureau established replacing the Disclosure and Barring Service;

Disclosure and Barring Service means the non-departmental public body which prevents unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children.

Disclosure and Barring Service means the Executive Agency of the Home Office which, under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and Part V of the Police Act 1997 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, is responsible for issuing criminal records certificates to those working in sensitive positions of trust and maintaining the children’s and adults’ barred lists;

Disclosure and Barring Service means the non-departmental public body established pursuant to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012;

Disclosure and Barring Service. The organisation established under the Protection of Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and formed on 1 December 2012 by the merging of functions of the Criminal Records Bureau and the Independent Safeguarding Authority;

Disclosure and Barring Service. ( “DBS”) means Disclosure and Barring Service (The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) have merged to become the DBS. CRB checks are now called DBS checks).