New Criminal Records Disclosure and Barring Service

On 1 December 2012, new legislation came into force, which merges the Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority to form the Disclosure and Barring Service. Following this change:

A standard CRB check has become a standard DBS check.
An enhanced CRB check has become an enhanced DBS check.
An enhanced CRB check with Barred List check has become an enhanced check for regulated activity.

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