Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013

In this section – registering authority means any body or person (other than the Registrar) that is responsible, under an Act, for the registration, licensing or other authorisation of persons enabling them to work, whether or not for financial or other material benefit or reward, in an activity that is a regulated activity.

If an employer engages a person in a regulated activity or a registering authority registers, licenses or otherwise authorises a person so as to enable the person to work in a regulated activity, the employer or registering authority may notify the Registrar, in writing, of that engagement, registration, licensing or authorisation.

On receipt of a notice under subsection (2), the Registrar – is to update the Register accordingly; and may notify the person, in writing, that – the employer has notified the Registrar that the employer has engaged the person in the regulated activity; or the registering authority has notified the Registrar that it has registered, licensed, or otherwise authorised the person so as to enable him or her to work in a regulated activity.

If on receipt of a notice under subsection (3)(b) the person notifies the Registrar, in writing, that he or she is not engaged by the employer in the regulated activity or has not been registered, licensed or otherwise authorised so as to enable him or her to work in the regulated activity, the Registrar is to – update the register accordingly; and notify the employer or registering authority, in writing, of the person's response to the notice provided under subsection (3)(b).