BTC DBS/PVG/AccessNI Disclosures Policy V5.0 Page 13 of 16 Dec 2023 by the British Taekwondo Council, who are a registered body with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) (England and Wales), Disclosure Scotland (PVG) Scheme and AccessNI. Association Safeguarding Officers will undertake risk assessments to determine which roles require a DBS/PVG check. This will be kept under review. The Disclosure form must be completed by the individual, who must obtain a form from the BTC Lead Counter signatory or BTC accredited Tutor who has completed the DBS Identity Checker training (NB blank Disclosure Application forms awaiting distribution are stored in a locked, secure cabinet). The individual must then complete the form and return to the designated person, who must then verify the applicant’s proof of identity by viewing original documents such as birth certificate, passport, driving licence etc. (as per Disclosure ID guidelines). When the application form is completed and ID checks confirmed, the form will then be forwarded to the BTC Counter signatories, who will check and then countersign the application prior to forwarding it to the Disclosure and Barring Service / Disclosure Scotland / AccessNI. It must be stressed that the offences the British Taekwondo Council will be concerned with will relate strictly to the suitability of working with children and/or adults at risk. Where offences do appear, all applications will be treated on their own merits. Please read this document carefully. If you have any questions regarding the Disclosure process, please contact the British Taekwondo Council on 0151 424 9466 or check the Government website. The BTC require all personnel that are eligible to complete a Disclosure should do so every three years. 7 HOW TAEKWONDO QUALIFIES AS A REGULATED ACTIVITY The full, legal definition of regulated activity is set out in Schedule 4 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, as amended (in particular, by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012). Regulated activity still excludes family arrangements, and personal, non-commercial arrangements. Regulated activity is: unsupervised contact with children or adults at risk which is of a specified nature (teaching, training, coaching, instructing, transport, care or first aid treatment) OR in a specified place (school, training hall, leisure centre, children’s homes, hospitals) and is undertaken regularly ie, occurs frequently, intensively and / or overnight, ie once a week or more or four days in a month or more, with overnight as between 2pm and 6am. Regulated activity is work that a barred person must not do. Any organisation which knowingly allows a barred person to work in a regulated activity will be breaking the law. The minimum age for a Disclosure Scheme check is 16 years of age. The role of a Taekwondo instructor comes under the definition of a regulated activity.
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