The Social Workers Regulations 2018

Regulation 26(8)

SCHEDULE 3 E+W Listed offences

1.  Murder. E+W

2.  An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 M1 — E+W

(a) section 1 (rape),

(b) section 2 (assault by penetration),

(c) sections 5 to 8 (rape and other offences against children under 13),

(d) sections 9 to 12 (child sex offences),

(e) sections 30 to 33 (offences against persons with a mental disorder impeding choice), or

(f) sections 47 to 50 (abuse of children through prostitution and pornography).

Marginal Citations

M1 2003 c. 42. Section 47 was amended by S.I. 2008/1779; sections 48, 49 and 50 were amended, respectively, by paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), and sections 47 to 50 were amended by S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2).

3.  An offence under any of sections 9 to 12 of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 M2 (sexual services of children and child pornography). E+W

Marginal Citations

M2 2005 asp 9. Sections 9, 10, 11 and 12 were amended, respectively, by subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 40(2) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 13.

4.  An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 M3 — E+W

(a) article 5 (rape),

(b) article 6 (assault by penetration),

(c) articles 12 to 15 (rape and other offences against children under 13),

(d) articles 16 to 19 (offences against children under 16),

(e) articles 37 to 40 (abuse of children under 18 through prostitution and pornography), or

(f) articles 43 to 46 (offences against persons with a mental disorder impeding choice).

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2).

5.  An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 M4 — E+W

(a) section 1 (rape),

(b) section 2 (assault by penetration),

(c) sections 3 to 6 (sexual assault and sexual coercion) committed against a person who is, by virtue of section 17 of that Act (capacity to consent: mentally disordered persons), treated as incapable of consenting,

(d) sections 18 to 26 (rape and other offences against children under 13), or

(e) sections 28 to 33 (offences against older children).

Marginal Citations

M4 2009 asp 9. Section 26 was amended by section 43(4) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.

6.  An offence under either of the following provisions of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 M5 — E+W

(a) section 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour), or

(b) section 2 (human trafficking).

Marginal Citations

M5 2015 c. 30.

7.  An offence under either of the following provisions of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 M6 — E+W

(a) section 1 (offence of human trafficking), or

(b) section 4 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour).

Marginal Citations

M6 2015 asp 12.

8.  Extortion (in Scotland). E+W

9.  An offence under section 21 of the Theft Act 1968 M7 (blackmail). E+W

Marginal Citations

M7 1968 c. 60.

10.  An offence under section 20 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 M8 (blackmail). E+W

Marginal Citations

M8 1969 c. 16.

11.  An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (sexual assault). E+W

12.  An offence under article 7 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (sexual assault). E+W

13.  An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (sexual assault). E+W

[F1 14.   An offence under the following provisions of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015— E+W

(a) section 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour);

(b) section 2 (human trafficking).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 14 inserted (16.12.2022) by The Social Workers (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1216), regs. 1(2), 2(10)