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Article 9

F1SCHEDULE 2N.I.REGULATED ACTIVITY

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Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 2 para. 7(1)-(3E) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 7(1)-(3) (10.8.2012 for specified purposes, 10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 3(2); S.I. 2012/2075, art. 2(b); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

PART IN.I.REGULATED ACTIVITY RELATING TO CHILDREN

Regulated activity: generalN.I.

1.—(1) An activity is a regulated activity relating to children if—N.I.

(a)it is mentioned in paragraph 2(1), and

(b)[F2except in the case of activities falling within sub-paragraph (1A), ] it is carried out frequently by the same person or the period condition is satisfied.

[F3(1A) The following activities fall within this sub-paragraph—

(a)relevant personal care, and

(b)health care provided by, or under the direction or supervision of, a health care professional.

(1B) In this Part of this Schedule “relevant personal care” means—

(a)physical assistance which is given to a child who is in need of it by reason of illness or disability and is given in connection with eating or drinking (including the administration of parenteral nutrition),

(b)physical assistance which is given to a child who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability and is given in connection with—

(i)toileting (including in relation to the process of menstruation),

(ii)washing or bathing, or

(iii)dressing,

(c)the prompting (together with supervision) of a child, who is in need of it by reason of illness or disability, in relation to the performance of the activity of eating or drinking where the child is unable to make a decision in relation to performing such an activity without such prompting and supervision,

(d)the prompting (together with supervision) of a child, who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability, in relation to the performance of any of the activities listed in paragraph (b)(i) to (iii) where the child is unable to make a decision in relation to performing such an activity without such prompting and supervision,

(e)any form of training, instruction, advice or guidance which—

(i)relates to the performance of the activity of eating or drinking,

(ii)is given to a child who is in need of it by reason of illness or disability, and

(iii)does not fall within paragraph (c), or

(f)any form of training, instruction, advice or guidance which—

(i)relates to the performance of any of the activities listed in paragraph (b)(i) to (iii),

(ii)is given to a child who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability, and

(iii)does not fall within paragraph (d).

(1C) In this Part of this Schedule —

health care” includes all forms of health care provided for children, whether relating to physical or mental health and also includes palliative care for children and procedures that are similar to forms of medical or surgical care but are not provided for children in connection with a medical condition,

health care professional” means a person who is a member of a profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.

(1D) Any reference in this Part of this Schedule to health care provided by, or under the direction or supervision of, a health care professional includes a reference to first aid provided to a child by any person acting on behalf of an organisation established for the purpose of providing first aid.]

(2) An activity is a regulated activity relating to children if—

(a)it is carried out frequently by the same person or the period condition is satisfied,

(b)it is carried out in an establishment mentioned in paragraph 3(1),

(c)it is carried out by a person while engaging in [F4any work falling within sub-paragraph (2A) or (2B)] ,

(d)it is carried out for or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, and

(e)it gives that person the opportunity, in consequence of anything he is permitted or required to do in connection with the activity, to have contact with children.

[F5(2A) Work falls within this sub-paragraph if it is any form of work for gain, other than any such work which—

(a)is undertaken in pursuance of a contract for the provision of occasional or temporary services, and

(b)is not an activity mentioned in paragraph 2(1) (disregarding paragraph 2(3A) and (3B)(b)).

(2B) Work falls within this sub-paragraph if it is any form of work which is not for gain, other than—

(a)any such work which—

(i)is carried out on a temporary or occasional basis, and

(ii)is not an activity mentioned in paragraph 2(1) (disregarding paragraph 2(3A) and (3B)(b)), or

(b)any such work which is, on a regular basis, subject to the day to day supervision of another person who is engaging in regulated activity relating to children.

(2C) The reference in sub-paragraph (2B)(b) to day to day supervision is a reference to such day to day supervision as is reasonable in all the circumstances for the purpose of protecting any children concerned.]

(3) Each of the following is a regulated activity relating to children—

(a)acting as a child minder on domestic premises;

(b)providing day care.

(4) Any expression used both in sub-paragraph (3) and in Part XI of the Children Order has the meaning given by that Order.

(5) It is a regulated activity relating to children to foster a child (as mentioned in Article 55).

(6) The exercise of a function of a [F6children’s court guardian] appointed under Article 60 of the Children Order is a regulated activity relating to children.

[F7(6A) The exercise of a function of a controller appointed in respect of a child under Article 101 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 4) is a regulated activity relating to children.]

F8(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9(7A) The exercise of a function under Article 130 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, so far as it gives the person exercising the function the opportunity, in consequence of anything the person is permitted or required to do in the exercise of that function, to have contact with children is a regulated activity relating to children.]

(8) The exercise of a function of any of the following so far as it [F10gives the person exercising the function the opportunity, in consequence of anything the person is permitted or required to do in the exercise of that function, to have contact with children] is a regulated activity relating to children—

(a)an inspector appointed under Article 102 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

(b)the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland;

(c)[F11RQIA].

(9) F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10) F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11) F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(12) Any activity which consists in or involves on a regular basis the day to day management or supervision of a person carrying out an activity mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), (2), (6), [F15(7A) or (8)] is a regulated activity relating to children.

[F16(13) Any activity which consists in or involves on a regular basis the day to day management or supervision of a person who would be carrying out an activity mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) but for the exclusion for supervised activity in paragraph 2(3A) or (3B)(b) or sub-paragraph (2B)(b) above is a regulated activity relating to children.]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(b) inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(2); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

F3Sch. 2 para. 1(1A)-(1D) inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(3); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

F4Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c) substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(4); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

F5Sch. 2 para. 1(2A)-(2C) inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(5); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

F7Sch. 2 para. 1(6A) inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(6)(a); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

F8Sch. 2 para. 1(7) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(6)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i), (bb)

F16Sch. 2 para. 1(13) inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(6)(c); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 1 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 1 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 1 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

ActivitiesN.I.

2.—(1) The activities referred to in paragraph 1(1) are—N.I.

(a)any form of teaching, training or instruction of children, unless the teaching, training or instruction is merely incidental to teaching, training or instruction of persons who are not children;

(b)any form of care for or supervision of children, unless the care or supervision is merely incidental to care for or supervision of persons who are not children;

(c)any form of advice or guidance provided wholly or mainly for children, if the advice or guidance relates to their physical, emotional or educational well-being;

F17(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)moderating a public electronic interactive communication service which is likely to be used wholly or mainly by children;

(f)driving a vehicle which is being used only for the purpose of conveying children and any person supervising or caring for the children pursuant to arrangements made in prescribed circumstances.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b), [F18and (c) ] do not include—

(a)teaching, training or instruction provided to a child in the course of his employment;

(b)care for or supervision of a child in the course of his employment;

(c)advice or guidance provided for a child in the course of his employment;

F19(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply if—

(a)the child has not attained the age of 16, and

(b)the activity is carried out by a person in respect of whom arrangements exist principally for that purpose.

[F20(3A) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not include any form of teaching, training or instruction of children which is, on a regular basis, subject to the day to day supervision of another person who is engaging in regulated activity relating to children.

(3B) Sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)does not include any health care provided otherwise than by (or under the direction or supervision of) a health care professional, and

(b)does not, except in the case of relevant personal care or of health care provided by (or under the direction or supervision of) a health care professional, include any form of care for or supervision of children which is, on a regular basis, subject to the day to day supervision of another person who is engaging in regulated activity relating to children.

(3C) The references in sub-paragraphs (3A) and (3B)(b) to day to day supervision are references to such day to day supervision as is reasonable in all the circumstances for the purpose of protecting any children concerned.

(3D) Sub-paragraph (1)(c) does not include any legal advice.]

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(e) a person moderates a public electronic interactive communication service if, for the purpose of protecting children, he has any function relating to—

(a)monitoring the content of matter which forms any part of the service,

(b)removing matter from, or preventing the addition of matter to, the service, or

(c)controlling access to, or use of, the service.

(5) But a person does not moderate a public electronic interactive communications service as mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(b) or (c) unless he has—

(a)access to the content of the matter;

(b)contact with users of the service.

(6) In sub-paragraph (2) employment includes any form of work which is carried out under the supervision or control of another, whether or not the person carrying it out is paid for doing so.

Textual Amendments

F17Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(d) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(7)(a), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

F18Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(2) substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(7)(b)(i); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

F19Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(d) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(7)(b)(ii), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

F20Sch. 2 para. 2(3A)-(3D) inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(7)(c); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 2 para. 2 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 2 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(f) in operation for certain purposes at 29.5.2008 by S.R. 2008/233, art. 4(w); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

EstablishmentsN.I.

3.—(1) The establishments referred to in paragraph 1(2)F21. . . are—N.I.

(a)an educational institution which is exclusively or mainly for the provision of full-time education to children;

(b)a nursery school within the meaning of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 3);

[F22(bb)premises which are used for the provision of education by [F23the Education Authority] or on its behalf, which do not fall within paragraph (a) or (b);]

(c)a hospital which is exclusively or mainly for the reception and treatment of children;

(d)an institution which is exclusively or mainly for the detention of children;

(e)a children's home (within the meaning of Article 9 of the 2003 Order);

(f)relevant childcare premises.

(2) Relevant childcare premises are any part of premises on which a person acts as child minder or provides day care in respect of which he must be registered under Article 118 of the Children Order.

[F24(3) But premises on which a person acts as child minder or provides day care are not relevant childcare premises if the premises are the home of a parent of at least one child to whom the day care or child minding is provided.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) “parent” includes any person who has parental responsibility for a child or who has care of a child.

(5) Parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Order.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 2 para. 3 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 3 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 3 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

PositionsN.I.

F254.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.

Textual Amendments

F25Sch. 2 para. 4 repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(8), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 2 para. 4 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 4 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 4 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

5.  A person who is part of a group in relation to which another (P) engages in regulated activity relating to children does not engage in regulated activity only because he assists P or does anything on behalf of or under the direction of P which, but for this paragraph, would amount to engaging in regulated activity relating to children.N.I.

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 2 para. 5 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 5 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 5 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

[F26GuidanceN.I.

Textual Amendments

F26Sch. 2 para. 5A and preceding cross-heading inserted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 14(6); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(vii)

5A(1) The Secretary of State must give guidance for the purpose of assisting regulated activity providers and personnel suppliers in deciding whether supervision is of such a kind that, as a result of paragraph 1(2B)(b), 2(3A) or 2(3B)(b), the person being supervised would not be engaging in regulated activity relating to children.N.I.

(2) The Secretary of State must publish guidance given under this paragraph.

(3) A regulated activity provider or a personnel supplier must, in exercising any functions under this Order, have regard to guidance for the time being given under this paragraph.]

ExceptionsN.I.

6.  The Secretary of State may, by order, provide that in such circumstances as are specified an activity which is a regulated activity in relation to children is not to be treated as a regulated activity.N.I.

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 2 para. 6 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 6 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 6 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 para. 6 in operation for certain purposes at 29.5.2008 by S.R. 2008/233, art. 5(o); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

F1PART IIN.I.REGULATED ACTIVITY RELATING TO VULNERABLE ADULTS

7.[F1(1) Each of the following is a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults—N.I.

(a)the provision to an adult of health care by, or under the direction or supervision of, a health care professional,

(b)the provision to an adult of relevant personal care,

(c)the provision by a social care worker of relevant social work to an adult who is a client or potential client,

(d)the provision of assistance in relation to general household matters to an adult who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability,

(e)any relevant assistance in the conduct of an adult's own affairs,

(f)the conveying by persons of a prescribed description in such circumstances as may be prescribed of adults who need to be conveyed by reason of age, illness or disability,

(g)such activities—

(i)involving, or connected with, the provision of health care or relevant personal care to adults, and

(ii)not falling within any of the above paragraphs,

as are of a prescribed description.

(2) Health care includes all forms of health care provided for individuals, whether relating to physical or mental health and also includes palliative care and procedures that are similar to forms of medical or surgical care but are not provided in connection with a medical condition.

(3) A health care professional is a person who is a member of a profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.

(3A) Any reference in this Part of this Schedule to health care provided by, or under the direction or supervision of, a health care professional includes a reference to first aid provided to an adult by any person acting on behalf of an organisation established for the purpose of providing first aid.

(3B) Relevant personal care means—

(a)physical assistance, given to a person who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability, in connection with—

(i)eating or drinking (including the administration of parenteral nutrition),

(ii)toileting (including in relation to the process of menstruation),

(iii)washing or bathing,

(iv)dressing,

(v)oral care, or

(vi)the care of skin, hair or nails,

(b)the prompting, together with supervision, of a person who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability in relation to the performance of any of the activities listed in paragraph (a) where the person is unable to make a decision in relation to performing such an activity without such prompting and supervision, or

(c)any form of training, instruction, advice or guidance which—

(i)relates to the performance of any of the activities listed in paragraph (a),

(ii)is given to a person who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability, and

(iii)does not fall within paragraph (b).

(3C) Relevant social work has the meaning given by section 2(4) of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 and social care worker means a person who is a social care worker by virtue of section 2(2)(a) of that Act.

(3D) Assistance in relation to general household matters is day to day assistance in relation to the running of the household of the person concerned where the assistance is the carrying out of one or more of the following activities on behalf of that person—

(a)managing the person's cash,

(b)paying the person's bills,

(c)shopping.

(3E) Relevant assistance in the conduct of a person's own affairs is anything done on behalf of the person by virtue of—

(a)an enduring power of attorney (within the meaning of the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 16)) in respect of the person which is—

(i)registered in accordance with that Order, or

(ii)the subject of an application to be so registered,

(b)an order made under Article 99 or 101 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 4) by the High Court in relation to the person or the person's property or affairs, or

(c)the appointment of a representative to receive payments on behalf of the person in pursuance of regulations made under the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.]

F27(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) Any activity which consists in or involves on a regular basis the day to day management or supervision of a person carrying out an activity mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) F28[F29...or (6)] is a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults.

[F30(6) The exercise of a function of the following so far as it gives the person exercising the function the opportunity, in consequence of anything the person is permitted or required to do in the exercise of that function, to have contact with vulnerable adults, is a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults—

(a)the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland;

(b)RQIA.]

(7) F31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8) F32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F33(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10) A person who is part of a group in relation to which another (P) engages in regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults does not engage in regulated activity only because he assists P or does anything on behalf of or under the direction of P which, but for this sub-paragraph, would amount to engaging in regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults.

Textual Amendments

F27Sch. 2 para. 7(4) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 3(3), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

F28Word in Sch. 2 para. 7(5) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 3(4), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

F33Sch. 2 para. 7(9) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 3(5), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 2 para. 7 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 7 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 7 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(f) in operation for certain purposes at 29.5.2008 by S.R. 2008/233, art. 4(w); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

F348.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.

Textual Amendments

F34Sch. 2 para. 8 repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 3(6), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

Commencement Information

I8Sch. 2 para. 8 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 8 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 8 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

9.  The Secretary of State may, by order, provide that in such circumstances as are specified an activity which is a regulated activity in relation to vulnerable adults is not to be treated as a regulated activity.N.I.

Commencement Information

I9Sch. 2 para. 9 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 9 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 9 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 para. 9 in operation for certain purposes at 29.5.2008 by S.R. 2008/233, art. 5(o); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

PART IIIN.I.THE PERIOD CONDITION

10.—(1) The period condition is satisfied if the person carrying out the activity does so at any time on more than [F35three] days in any period of 30 days.N.I.

(2) In relation to an activity that falls within paragraph 2(1)(a), (b) [F36or (c)] F37..., the period condition is also satisfied if—

(a)the person carrying out the activity does so at any time between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m, and

(b)the activity gives the person the opportunity to have face-to-face contact with children F38....

Textual Amendments

F36Words in Sch. 2 para. 10(2) substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 1(9); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i)

F37Words in Sch. 2 para. 10(2) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 3(7)(a), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

F38Words in Sch. 2 para. 10(2)(b) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 7 para. 3(7)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(z)(i) (bb)

Commencement Information

I10Sch. 2 para. 10 wholly in operation; Sch. 2 para. 10 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 2 para. 10 in operation for certain purposes at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(c); Sch. 2 in operation at 13.3.2009 by S.R. 2009/41, art. 3(1)(b)

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