(1) Ministers may by order make—
(a) such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, or
(b) such transitional, transitory or saving provision,
as they consider appropriate for the purposes of, or in connection with, or for the purposes of giving full effect to, any provision of this Act.
(2) An order under subsection (1) may modify any enactment, instrument or document.
Nothing in this Act affects any power which exists apart from this Act to disclose information.
(1) Any power of Ministers under this Act to make an order or regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2) Any such power includes power to make—
(a) such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as Ministers consider appropriate,
(b) different provision for different purposes.
(3) Unless subsection (4) makes contrary provision, a statutory instrument containing an order (other than an order made under section 101) or regulations made under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
(4) An order or regulations must not be made under any of the following provisions unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order or, as the case may be, the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Scottish Parliament—
Section 14(3)
Section 32(2)
Section 35(2)
Section 87(1) or (2) or 98(1) (but only if the order contains provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of this or any other Act)
Section 94(2)
Paragraph 28 of schedule 2 (except an order of the type mentioned in paragraph 15 of that schedule)
Paragraph 13 of schedule 3
(1) This Part comes into force on Royal Assent.
(2) The provisions of Parts 1 to 6 come into force on such day as Ministers may by order appoint.
(3) Different days may be appointed for different purposes and for different areas.
This Act may be cited as the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
(introduced by section 32)
1 An offence falls within this paragraph if it is—
(a) an offence under section 12 (cruelty to children under 16) of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (c. 37),
(b) an offence under section 15 (causing or allowing children under 16 to be used for begging or procuring alms) of that Act,
(c) an offence under section 22 (exposing a child under 7 to risk of burning) of that Act,
(d) an offence under section 33 (causing or allowing children under 17 to participate in performances which endanger life or limb) of that Act,
(e) an offence under section 52 (taking, distributing, showing, or publishing etc. any indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45),
(f) an offence under section 52A (possessing any indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child) of that Act,
(g) an offence under section 2 (intercourse with a step-child) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 39),
(h) an offence under section 3 (intercourse of person in position of trust with child under 16) of that Act,
(i) an offence under section 5 (intercourse with girl under 16) of that Act,
(j) an offence under section 6 (indecent behaviour towards girl between 12 and 16) of that Act,
(k) an offence under section 8 (abduction and unlawful detention of unmarried girl under 18) of that Act,
(l) an offence under section 9 (permitting girl under 16 to use premises for intercourse) of that Act,
(m) an offence under section 10 (causing or encouraging the seduction of, the prostitution of, unlawful intercourse with or the commission of an indecent assault on a girl under 16) of that Act,
(n) an offence under section 12 (allowing child who is 4 or over but under 16 to be in a brothel) of that Act,
(o) an offence under section 13(5)(c) (homosexual acts with a boy under 16) of that Act,
(p) an offence under section 3 (sexual activity of person in position of trust with child) of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 44),
(q) an offence under section 1 (meeting a child following certain preliminary contact) of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 9),
(r) an offence under section 7 (breach of risk of sexual harm order or interim risk of sexual harm order) of that Act,
(s) an offence under section 9 (paying for sexual services of a child) of that Act,
(t) an offence under section 10 (causing or inciting provision by child of sexual services or child pornography) of that Act,
(u) an offence under section 11 (controlling a child providing sexual services or involved in pornography) of that Act,
(v) an offence under section 12 (arranging or facilitating provision by child of sexual services or child pornography) of that Act.
2 An individual falls within this paragraph if the individual—
(a) commits an offence under section 4(3) (offering or supplying controlled drugs) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) in relation to a child,
(b) commits an offence under section 1 (incest) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 39) by having sexual intercourse with a child,
(c) commits an offence under section 7 (procuring unlawful intercourse etc.) of that Act in relation to a child,
(d) commits an offence under section 11 (trading in prostitution and brothel-keeping) of that Act in relation to a child,
(e) commits an offence under section 13(6) (procuring commission of homosexual act between males) of that Act by procuring, or attempting to procure, a child to commit a homosexual act,
(f) commits any other offence which caused, or was intended to cause, bodily injury to a child,
(g) commits any other offence by engaging in lewd, indecent or libidinous practice or behaviour towards a child.