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Statutory Instruments
Children And Young Persons, Englandandwales
Children And Young Persons, Northernireland
Protection Of Vulnerable Adults, Englandandwales
Protection Of Vulnerable Adults, Northern Ireland
Made
24th March 2014
Coming into force
31st March 2014
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 116(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012(1), makes the following Order.
1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2014 and shall come into force on 31st March 2014.
2.—(1) The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 13, for “31st March 2014” substitute “31st December 2015”.
Taylor of Holbeach
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
24th March 2014
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012 (“the 2012 Order”) which enables the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland to pass information to the Disclosure and Barring Service (“DBS”), in order for the DBS to consider whether the test for barring an individual from working with children or adults under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 is met, until such time as there is permanent statutory provision for this arrangement. It was expected that such statutory provision would be in the Fairer Faster Justice Bill to be introduced in the Northern Ireland Assembly in early 2013. However, due to other legislative demands that Bill was not introduced. It is expected that it will now be introduced in April 2014.
S.I. 2012/2234. Relevant amendments have been made by S.I. 2012/3006.