ISA Duties and Responsibilities

• It will be a legal requirement for individuals to apply for ISA-registration if they are new starters or changing regulated activity provider and working with children and /or vulnerable adults in England Wales and Northern Ireland.
• It will be a criminal offence to work in a regulated activity role without being ISA registered.
• Regulated activity providers (usually the employer or voluntary organisation) will have a legal duty to check that potential new employees/volunteers are ISA-registered before allowing them to engage in regulated activity.
• A barred individual must not engage in regulated activity employment.
• An employer must not engage a barred individual who is not registered with ISA
• Organisations and employers will be given up to 5 years to ensure that all current employees and volunteers are ISA-registered.

What is ISA Registration?

Time scale for the Introduction of ISA Registration