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Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-19	29 April 2016	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 214 of 2016)
S. 20		Not yet commenced. Require commencement order under s. 1(3)
Ss. 21-32	29 April 2016	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 214 of 2016)
Sch. 1, 2	29 April 2016	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 214 of 2016)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 3(1) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 15(a)
S. 3(1)(d) inserted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 15(b)
S. 7(2) amended	Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 288(a)
S. 7(2)(f) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 16
S. 9(3)(k) substituted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 17(a)
S. 9(9) inserted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 17(b)
S. 12(3A) inserted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 18(a)
S. 12(4) substituted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 18(b)
S. 12(5) substituted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 18(c)
S. 13(2) substituted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 19(a)
S. 13(5)(I) substituted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 19(b)
S. 13(6A) inserted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 19(c)
S. 14(4)(a)(i) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 20(a)
S. 14(4A) inserted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 20(b)
S. 14A inserted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 21
S. 16(1) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 22(a)
S. 16(2) substituted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 22(b)
S. 16(3) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 22(c)
S. 18(3) application extended	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Appeals) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 219 of 2016), reg. 3
S. 20(1) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 23(a)(i), (ii)
S. 20(3) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 23(b)
S. 21(1) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 24(a)
S. 21(3) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 24(b)
S. 21 date prescribed	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Section 21) (Prescribed Period) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 223 of 2016), reg. 2
S. 31 amended by the designation of that section as subsection (1)	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 25(a)
S. 31(1) amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 25(b)
S. 31(2) inserted	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016), s. 25(c)
Sch. 1. part 1, para. 1(a) amended	Child Care (Amendment) Act 2024 (19/2024), ss. 19, 23(2)
Sch. 1 para. 7 amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016), ss. 1(3), 27(a)
Sch. 1 part 1 para. 16 inserted	Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), ss. 11, 13(3)
Sch. 2 amended	Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 288(b)(i)
Sch. 2 para. 7 amended	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016), ss. 1(3), 27(b)
Sch. 2 para. 12 inserted	Children First Act 2015 (No. 36 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 18(7)
	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016), ss. 1(3), 28
Sch. 2, para 13 inserted	Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 288(b)(ii)
Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted	Domestic Violence Act 2018 (6/2018), ss. 1(2), 52

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 4	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Section 21) (Prescribed Period) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 610 of 2017)
	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Section 21) (Prescribed Period) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 223 of 2016)
	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Appeals) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 219 of 2016)
S. 18(4)	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Appeals) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 219 of 2016)
S. 21	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Section 21) (Prescribed Period) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 610 of 2017)
	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Section 21) (Prescribed Period) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 223 of 2016)