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# The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Purposes) Regulations 2025

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2025 No. 1239
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Purposes) Regulations 2025
Made
25th November 2025
Laid before Parliament
27th November 2025
Coming into force
18th December 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50A(1)(d), 60(1) and 61(1) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Purposes) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 18th December 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

## 2 Provision of information to the police: prescribed purposes {#regulation-2}

The disclosure of information by a chief officer of police to assist a person located outside the United Kingdom in assessing a person’s suitability for a role working with children is prescribed under section 50A(1)(d) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.