Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

Enforced by

Ofsted, CIW, CQC, DBS

Status

Amended (in force with amendments)

Penalty ceiling

Imprisonment 4 of 24 obligations carry imprisonment (5 years). 2 carry different penalties and 18 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 15 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.