<P> The DBS was formed in 2012 by merging the functions of the Criminal Records Bureau ( CRB ) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority ( ISA ) under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 . DBS started operating on 1 December 2012 . It operates from Liverpool and Darlington . Its equivalent agencies are Disclosure Scotland in Scotland and Access Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland . </P>
<P> The DBS was formed in 2012 by merging the functions of the Criminal Records Bureau ( CRB ) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority ( ISA ) under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 . DBS started operating on 1 December 2012 . It operates from Liverpool and Darlington . Its equivalent agencies are Disclosure Scotland in Scotland and Access Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland . </P>
when was the disclosure and barring service introduced
when was the disclosure and barring service introduced
in 2012
in 2012