Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups
Made
27th September 2010
Coming into operation
30th November 2010
To be laid before Parliament
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 7(2)(b) and (3)(b) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007(1).
1. This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Barred Lists: Scotland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 and comes into operation on 30th November 2010.
2. In this Order—
“the 2007 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007;
“the 2007 Act” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007(2).
3. For the purposes of—
(a)Article 7(2)(b) of the 2007 Order, the list maintained under section 1(1)(a) of the 2007 Act is specified as a list corresponding to the children’s barred list;
(b)Article 7(3)(b) of the 2007 Order, the list maintained under section 1(1)(b) of the 2007 Act is specified as a list corresponding to the adults’ barred list.
Owen Paterson
Secretary of State
Northern Ireland Office
27th September 2010
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”). Article 7 of the 2007 Order provides that a person included in a specified list will be barred under the 2007 Order from regulated activity relating to the relevant group.
Article 3 of this Order specifies that the children’s list and the adults’ list maintained by the Scottish Ministers under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) correspond respectively to the children’s barred list and the adults’ barred list maintained under the 2007 Order.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.