Other Instruments of interest
20. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
have laid the School Staffing (England) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/3197) and the Further Education
(Providers of Education) (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/3199).
Earlier this year, we reported on the School Staffing (England)
(Amendment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1067) which provided that
Criminal Records Bureau checks were to be mandatory for all new
appointments to schools' workforces. SI 2006/3197 introduces a
number of additional requirements for new staff appointed to schools
in England maintained by local authorities, from 1 January 2007.
SI 2006/3199 requires further education (FE) institutions to undertake
on-appointment checks on all new staff providing education in
the institution. DfES have concluded that, until the provisions
of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 come into force
in 2008, the potential risk to children from unsuitable persons
requires the introduction of these Regulations.
21. The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No.
6 and Transitional Provisions) Order (SI 2006/3272) starts
the final stage of implementing the new regime which aims to be
in place by 1 September 2007. We commend the way in which the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport have responded to the
consultation exercise, in allowing more time and in providing
clearer guidance for the industry about how this last transitional
stage will work. Two allied instruments are the Gambling Act
2005 (Definition of Small-scale operator) Regulations 2006 (SI
2006/3266) and the Gambling Personal Licences (Modification
of Part 5 of the Gambling Act 2005) Regulations (SI 2006/3267).
The former defines "small operator", a matter of considerable
discussion during the passage of the Bill. The latter clarifies
how Part 5 of the Act (operating licences) applies to personal
licences, tailoring the provision to make it appropriate to applications
for personal licences. We commend the proportionate approach to
penalties and sanctions set out in paragraph 7.9 of the Explanatory
Memorandum.
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