The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Appropriate Officer and Schedule 7 Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2010

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2006 Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;

“children’s charity” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 4 to the 2006 Act;

“maintained school” means—

(a)

a community, foundation or voluntary school (referred to in section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1)),

(b)

a community or foundation special school (referred to in that section), or

(c)

a maintained nursery school (as defined in section 22(9) of that Act);

“non-maintained special school” means a school approved by the Secretary of State under section 342 of the Education Act 1996(2);

“the Schedule 7 table” means the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the 2006 Act

“vulnerable adults’ charity” has the same meaning as in paragraph 8(4) of Schedule 4 to the 2006 Act.

(1)

1998 c. 31.

(2)

1996 c.56. Section 342 was substituted by paragraph 82 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and was amended by sections 142 and 143 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25) (but those amendments are not yet in force). Functions of the Secretary of State under section 342, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).