As a scheduled organisation the Teaching Council is required, according to Section 19 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 to notify specified information to the National Vetting Bureau, where, following an investigation, inquiry or regulatory process it has a genuine concern that the person who is the subject of that investigation, inquiry or regulatory process, may—
(a) harm any child or vulnerable person,
(b) cause any child or vulnerable person to be harmed,
(c) put any child or vulnerable person at risk of harm,
(d) attempt to harm any child or vulnerable person, or
(e) incite another person to harm any child or vulnerable person.
The person concerned is informed by the Teaching Council of the fact of the genuine concern and of the Council’s intention to notify the Bureau of it.
Please see the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 for further information on Section 19 of that Act.