1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 and comes into force on 7th April 2008.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1999 Act” means the Protection of Children Act 1999(1);
“the 2000 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000(2);
“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002(3);
“the Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;
“the CSA” means the Care Standards Act 2000(4);
“disqualification order” means an order under section 28, 29 or 29A of the 2000 Act(5);
“Tribunal” means the Tribunal established under section 9(6) of the 1999 Act.
Section 29A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 30 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44).
Section 9 was amended by paragraph 26(3) of Schedule 4 to the Care Standards Act 2000 (“CSA”), paragraphs 154 and 157(a) and (d) of Part 2 of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”), paragraph 6 of Schedule 14 and paragraph 122 of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”), paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 and Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Education Act 2005 (c.18), paragraph 38(b) of Schedule 2 to the Childcare Act 2006 (c.21), section 170(3) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40), and paragraph 8(3)(b)(ii) of Schedule 9 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (“the Act”). It was repealed in part by Part 3 of Schedule 22 to the 2002 Act, paragraph 38(a) of Schedule 2 and Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Childcare Act 2006, and is to be further repealed by paragraph 8(3)(a), (b)(i) and (iii) and (c) of Schedule 9, and Schedule 10, to the Act. The amendments and repeals made under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and the Act were not in force on the making of these Regulations.