The Criminal Justice and Court Services bill applied not only to child sexual abusers but also to others who had offended against children. The bill resulted from the efforts of an interagency committee initiated in 1998. The bill introduced disqualification orders for such offenders. The legislation complements existing arrangements for the pre-employment screening of child care workers by fitting with existing arrangements for criminal record checks, with current bans, and with the role of the forthcoming Criminal Records Bureau, which would tie these systems together in one agency starting in the summer of 2001. The legislation had not yet been enacted as of August 19, 2000. Finally, it remains to be seen whether the new system will represent a proportionate and measured response to the problem and whether the civil liberties implications have been resolved. 30 references (Author abstract modified)