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**Chris** · 05-01-2009, 22:23

That's extraordinary - and is certainly not the case north of the border. You may find that it's no longer the case in England, either, when the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act becomes active later this year. It will make some significant changes to the CRB process.

Scotland's version of this Act contains specific safeguards that allow individuals not only to see the entire contents of their disclosure, but to appeal against it. If an appeal is lodged then the Chief Constable will have to justify the 'non conviction' information his officers have supplied.

The English system, in its current form, is a serious injustice just waiting to happen. I only hope they have taken the opportunity to reform that aspect of it. Unfortunately I don't know the answer to that as my current area of work is with the Scottish legislation and I've had very little interface with SVG.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,146	Re: Virgin Salespeople with Criminal Records That's extraordinary - and is certainly not the case north of the border. You may find that it's no longer the case in England, either, when the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act becomes active later this year. It will make some significant changes to the CRB process. Scotland's version of this Act contains specific safeguards that allow individuals not only to see the entire contents of their disclosure, but to appeal against it. If an appeal is lodged then the Chief Constable will have to justify the 'non conviction' information his officers have supplied. The English system, in its current form, is a serious injustice just waiting to happen. I only hope they have taken the opportunity to reform that aspect of it. Unfortunately I don't know the answer to that as my current area of work is with the Scottish legislation and I've had very little interface with SVG.