PART 3RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Interpretation of this Part49.
(1)
In this Part—
“agencies” means—
(a)
the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(b)
the Probation Board for Northern Ireland;
(c)
the Department of Education;
(d)
the Department for Employment and Learning;
(e)
the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;
(f)
the Department for Social Development;
(g)
HSS Boards and F1HSC trusts ;
(h)
Education and Library Boards;
(i)
the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;
(j)
the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children;
F2“child” means a person under the age of 18;
“conviction” includes—
- (i)
a conviction by or before a court outside Northern Ireland;
- (ii)
any finding (other than a finding linked with a finding of insanity) in any criminal proceedings that a person has committed an offence or done the act or made the omission charged;
- (iii)
a caution given to a person in respect of an offence which, at the time when the caution was given, the person has admitted;
“serious harm” means death or serious personal injury, whether physical or psychological;
“specified” means specified in guidance under Article 50.
F3“relevant previous conviction”, in relation to a person, means a conviction for a sexual or violent offence by reason of which the person falls within a specified description of persons;
(2)
The Secretary of State may by order amend the definition of “agencies” in paragraph (1).