The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Amendment of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

2.—(1) The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009((1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8).

(2) In Part 1 of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the children’s barred list) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009(2), section 1	The offence was committed against a child”
“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 2	The offence was committed against a child”.

(3) In Part 2 of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the children’s barred list) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 18”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 19”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 20(1), (2)(a), and (3)”;

(4) In Part 1 of the table in paragraph 2 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the children’s barred list with right to make representations)—

(a) remove the entry relating to Offences Against the Person Act 1861, section 52(3)”;

(b) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—

“Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003(4), section 1	The offence was committed against a child”
“Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, section 2	The offence was committed against a child”
“Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, section 3	The offence was committed against a child”
“Sexual Offences Act 2003(5), section 72	The offence committed corresponds to an offence which would lead to automatic inclusion in the children’s barred list with the right to make representations”
“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 5	The offence was committed against a child under the age of 16”
“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 6	The offence was committed against a child under the age of 16”
“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 8	The offence was committed against a child under the age of 16”
“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 9	The offence was committed against a child under the age of 16”;

(c) in the entries relating to the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, section 61 and the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, section 62 for the circumstances of the offence substitute “The person with whom the offence was committed was under the age of 16 or did not consent to the act”;

(d) in the entry relating to the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885(6), section 11 for the circumstances of the offence substitute “The person with whom the offence was committed was under the age of 16 or did not consent to the act and the conviction or caution is not a disregarded conviction or caution within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012(7)”;

(e) in the entries relating to the Sexual Offences Act 1956(8), section 12 and the Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 13 in the circumstances of the offence after “the act” insert “and the conviction or caution is not a disregarded conviction or caution within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012”;

(f) in the entry relating to the Theft Act 1968(9), section 9(1)(a), after “intent to commit rape” insert “before section 9(1)(a) was amended by the Sexual Offences Act 2003”;

(g) in the entry relating to the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(10), section 9, after “ intent to commit rape” insert “before section 9 was amended by the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008”.

(5) In Part 2 of the table in paragraph 2 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the children’s barred list with right to make representations)——

(a) omit the entries relating to the Mental Health Act 1983(11), sections 126, 128 and 129;

(b) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—

“Offences Against the Person Act 1861, section 52”

“Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(12), Article 3”

“Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984(13), section 106”

“Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, section 107”

“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 4(1)(a)”

“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 59A(14)”

“Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008(15), section 63”

“Coroners and Justice Act 2009(16), section 62”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 3”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 4”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 11”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 20(1) and (2)(b) to (e)”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 21”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 22”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 23”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 24”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 25”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 26”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 28”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 29”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 30”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 31”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 32” “Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 33”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 34”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 35”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 36”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 42”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 46”

(c) for “Asylum and Immigration Act 2004(17), section 4” substitute “Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004, section 4”.

(6) In the table in paragraph 3 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the adults’ barred list) insert the following entry at the appropriate place—

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 46”;

(7) In Part 1 of the table in paragraph 4 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the adults’ barred list with the right to make representations)—

(a) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—

“Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, section 1	The offence was committed against a child”
“Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, section 2	The offence was committed against a child”
“Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, section 3	The offence was committed against a child”
“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 72	The offence committed corresponds to an offence leading to automatic inclusion in the adults’ barred list with the right to make representations”
“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 5	The offence was committed against a child aged under the age of 16”
“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 6	The offence was committed against a child aged under the age of 16”;

(b) in the entry relating to the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, section 61 for circumstances of the offence substitute “The person with whom the offence was committed was under the age of 16 or did not consent to the act”;

(c) in the entry relating to the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, section 11 for the circumstances of the offence substitute “The person with whom the offence was committed was under the age of 16 or did not consent to the act and the conviction or caution is not a disregarded conviction or caution within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012”;

(d) in the entries relating to the Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 12 and the Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 13 in the circumstances of the offence after “the act” insert “and the conviction or caution is not a disregarded conviction or caution within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012”;

(e) in the entry relating to the Theft Act 1968, section 9(1)(a), after “ intent to commit rape” insert “before section 9(1)(a) was amended by the Sexual Offences Act 2003”;

(f) in the entry relating to the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, section 9, after “ intent to commit rape” insert “before section 9 was amended by the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008”.

(8) In Part 2 of the table in paragraph 4 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the adults’ barred list with the right to make representations)—

(a) omit the entries relating to the Mental Health Act 1983, sections 126, 128 and 129;

(b) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—

“Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Article 3”

“Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, section 106”

“Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, section 107”

“Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003(18), section 22”

“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 4(1)(a)”

“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 59A”

“Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, section 63”

“Coroners and Justice Act 2009, section 62”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 1”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 2”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 3”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 4”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 11”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 18”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 19”

“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, section 20”;

(c) for “Asylum and Immigration Act 2004, section 4” substitute “Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004, section 4”.

(1)

S.R. 2009/39 as amended by S.R. 2009/306 and S.R. 2010/31.

(2)

2009 asp. 9.

(3)

1861 c.100; section 52 was repealed by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769) (N.I. 2).

(4)

2003 c. 31.

(5)

2003 c. 42.

(6)

1885 48 & 49 Vict. C. 69.

(7)

2012 c. 9.

(8)

1956 c. 69.

(9)

1968 c. 60. Section 9, in relation to intent to commit rape, was repealed by paragraph 17 of Schedule 6 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42).

(10)

1969 c. 16. Section 9, in relation to intent to commit rape, was amended by the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247) (N.I. 13).

(11)

1983 c.20

(12)

S.I. 1978/460 (N.I.5).

(13)

1984 c.36.

(14)

Section 59A was inserted by section 109 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c.9).

(15)

2008 c.4.

(16)

2009 c.25.

(17)

2004 c.19.

(18)

2003 asp.7.