The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This is the first Commencement Order made under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (“the Order”).

Article 3 lists the provisions of the Order which are to come into operation on 14th March 2008 for the purposes of making secondary legislation and Article 4 lists those provisions that are to come into operation, in whole or in part, on 14th April 2008. That date will mark the beginning of the transitional period during which those people who are included in lists kept under Article 3 or 35 of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, or in the list kept for the purposes of Regulations made under Article 70(2)(e)(iii) or 88A(2)(b)(iii) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, will be included or will be considered by IBB for inclusion in the children’s barred list or the adults’ barred list which IBB must maintain under Article 6 of the Order.