The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009

Vulnerable Adults

3.—(1) A person (P) who falls within Article 3(9)(b) of the 2007 Order is not to be treated as a vulnerable adult for the purposes of Article 3(1)(h) of the 2007 Order where—

(a) P has one or more of the disabilities mentioned in paragraph (2);

(b) P has no other form of disability; and

(c) P receives a service or participates in an activity provided specifically for persons with a disability mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2) The disabilities referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) dyslexia;

(b) dyscalculia;

(c) dyspraxia;

(d) irlen syndrome;

(e) alexia;

(f) auditory processing disorder;

(g) dysgraphia.