The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Inclusion in list on reference under Part III
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8.—(1) Article 36(4) to (7) shall, in the case of any reference under paragraph (1) of that Article or Article 38, apply in relation to the list kept under Article 3 as it applies in relation to the list kept under Article 35, but as if the reference in paragraph (7)(b) to vulnerable adults were a reference to children.

(2) Article 37(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 3 as it applies in relation to the list kept under Article 35, but as if the reference in paragraph (6)(b) to vulnerable adults were a reference to children.

(3) Article 39 shall apply in relation to the list kept under Article 3 as it applies in relation to the list kept under Article 35, but as if the references in paragraphs (1)(c)(ii) and (5)(b) to vulnerable adults were references to children.

(4) But the Department may not by virtue of this Article provisionally include an individual in the list kept under Article 3, or confirm his inclusion in that list, unless it provisionally includes him in the list kept under Article 35 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 3, Article 11 shall apply to him as if the references in paragraphs (3)(a) and (4) to a child were references to a vulnerable adult.