3.—(1) The criteria prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order as it has effect for the purposes of Article 3(7) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008(1) are that the person has been convicted of, or cautioned in relation to, an offence specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule which that person committed within the period of 10 years ending on the day that the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety or the Department of Education refers the person to [F1DBS] under Article 3(1)(c) of that Order for inclusion in the children’s barred list.
(2) Paragraph 1 does not apply in relation to the commission of an offence specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule if the court, having considered whether to make a disqualification order in relation to that commission of that offence, decided not to.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 13(1)(3)(c) (with Pt. 4)
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