Vetting Act definition

Vetting Act means the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 as amended by the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain disclosures) Act 2016.
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Vetting Act means the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 as amended by the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 also known as the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016.
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Vetting Act or “Act” means the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 including all amendments.
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Examples of Vetting Act in a sentence

  • Such persons will however be required to be vetted in due course under the retrospective and re-vetting requirements of the Act (sections 21 and 20 of the Vetting Act respectively).

  • The Vetting Act also provides for the statutory retrospective vetting and periodic re- vetting of employees, volunteers and others who undertake relevant work or activities with children or vulnerable persons.

  • It will not be necessary under the Vetting Act to obtain a vetting disclosure from the Bureau prior to employing a teacher as a substitute where the school authority has prior to 29 April 2016 received a copy of the Teaching Council vetting letter in respect of that teacher.

  • The Vetting Act will put in place the National Vetting Bureau (the Bureau) which will replace the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) and will be responsible for issuing vetting disclosures under the Act’s statutory vetting arrangements.

  • From 29 April 2016, the Vetting Act will be commenced and will place statutory vetting obligations on school authorities.

  • The Vetting Act provides that a school authority may consider and take into account all the information in a vetting disclosure when assessing the suitability of the person who is the subject of the disclosure to do relevant work or activities.

  • As and from 29 April 2016, the Vetting Act requires that a school authority must not, other than where certain exemptions (which are set out at section 6.4 of this circular) apply, contract, permit or place a person to undertake relevant work or activities prior to the school authority receiving a vetting disclosure from the Bureau in respect of that person.

  • School authorities should also be aware that Section 16 of the Act provides that it is a criminal offence for a relevant organisation (including a school authority) to use or disclose information that is contained in a vetting disclosure other than in accordance with the Vetting Act or as otherwise authorised by law.

  • Section 20 of the Vetting Act concerns periodic re-vetting of employees, volunteers and others who have previously been vetted and are already (i.e. prior to 29 April 2016) employed, contracted, permitted or placed by a school authority to undertake relevant work or activities with children or vulnerable persons.

  • The primary focus of this circular is on section 12 of the Vetting Act which places statutory obligations on school authorities to obtain a vetting disclosure from the Bureau prior to the employment, contract, permission or placement of a person to undertake relevant work or activities with children or vulnerable persons.

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