The Disclosure and Barring Service (Core Functions) Order 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/2522
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Disclosure and Barring Service (Core Functions) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st December 2012.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

(3) In this Order “the 1997 Act ” means the Police Act 1997 .

Section 2 Core functions under Part 5 of the Police Act 1997

The following functions are specified as core functions of the Disclosure and Barring Service under Part 5 of the 1997 Act for the purposes of Schedule 8 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012—

(a) treating an application under section 113A of the 1997 Act as an application under section 113B of the 1997 Act and vice versa (in accordance with sections 113A(5) and 113B(7) of the 1997 Act);

(b) determining the conditions on which an application under section 113A or 113B of the 1997 Act can be transmitted electronically (in accordance with sections 113A(2A) and 113B(2A) of the 1997 Act;

(c) the identification of the relevant chief officer under section 113B(9) of the 1997 Act;

(d) imposing any conditions concerning information to be provided in relation to a request for update information under section 116A(2) of the 1997 Act;

(e) handling any disputes raised under section 117 of the 1997 Act;

(f) verifying identity under section 118 of the 1997 Act;

(g) receiving information under section 119(1) of the 1997 Act;

(h) requiring information from the chief officer of police under section 119(1B) of the 1997 Act;

(i) paying such fee as the Secretary of State considers appropriate under section 119(3) of the 1997 Act;

(j) receiving information under section 119(4) of the 1997 Act for the purposes of considering any application for registration, any application mentioned in section 116A(4)(a) or (5)(a), or the determination of whether a person should continue to be a registered person;

(k) the maintenance of the register of registered persons under sections 120 and 120ZA of the 1997 Act;

(l) the refusal, cancellation or suspension of registration under sections 120A , 120AA , 120AB of the 1997 Act;

(m) the refusal to issue a certificate or the decision to suspend or cancel the registration of a person under section 122(3), (3A) or (3B) of the 1997 Act;

(n) the determination of forms under section 125B of the 1997 Act.