PART IIIPROTECTION OF VULNERABLE ADULTS

Inclusion in list under Article 35

Inclusion in list on reference under Part II40.

(1)

Article 4(4) to (7) shall, in the case of any reference under Article 4, 6 or 9, apply in relation to the list kept under Article 35 as it applies in relation to the list kept under Article 3, but as if the reference in paragraph (7)(b) to children were a reference to vulnerable adults.

(2)

Article 5(3) to (6) shall, in the case of any reference under paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article, apply in relation to the list kept under Article 35 as it applies in relation to the list kept under Article 3, but as if the reference in paragraph (6)(b) to children were a reference to vulnerable adults.

(3)

Article 7 shall apply in relation to the list kept under Article 35 as it applies in relation to the list kept under Article 3, but as if the references in paragraphs (1)(c)(ii) and (5)(b) to children were references to vulnerable adults.

(4)

But the Department may not by virtue of this Article provisionally include an individual in the list kept under Article 35, or confirm his inclusion in that list, unless it provisionally includes him in the list kept under Article 3 or, as the case requires, confirms his inclusion in that list.

(5)

Where an individual has by virtue of this Article been included in the list kept under Article 35, Article 42 shall apply to him as if the references in paragraphs (3)(a) and (4) to a vulnerable adult were references to a child.