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3.—(1) This paragraph applies to a person if—N.I.
(a)it appears to [ISA] that the person [—
(i)has (at any time) engaged in relevant conduct, and
(ii)is or has been, or might in future be, engaged in regulated activity relating to children,], and
(b)[ISA] proposes to include him in the children's barred list.
(2) [ISA] must give the person the opportunity to make representations as to why he should not be included in the children's barred list.
(3) [ISA] must include the person in the children's barred list if—
(a)it is satisfied that the person has engaged in relevant conduct,
[(aa)it has reason to believe that the person is or has been, or might in future be, engaged in regulated activity relating to children,] and
(b)it [is satisfied] that it is appropriate to include the person in the list.
(4) This paragraph does not apply to a person if the relevant conduct consists only of an offence committed against a child before the commencement of Article 6 and the court, having considered whether to make a disqualification order, decided not to.
(5) In sub-paragraph (4)—
(a)the reference to an offence committed against a child must be construed in accordance with Chapter II of Part II of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
(b)a disqualification order is an order under Article 23 or 24 of that Order.
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