The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Supervisory Authorities and Devolution Alignment) Order 2010

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 1073

Children And Young Persons, England And Wales

Protection Of Vulnerable Adults, England And Wales

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Supervisory Authorities and Devolution Alignment) Order 2010

Made

28th March 2010

Laid before Parliament

1st April 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45(9) and 54(1) and (2)(a) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006(1):

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Supervisory Authorities and Devolution Alignment) Order 2010 and, subject to paragraph (2), comes into force on 26th July 2010.

(2) Article 2 comes into force twenty one days after the day on which this Order is laid.

Supervisory authorities

2.  After section 45(7)(a), insert—

“(aa) the Secretary of State in respect of his functions under Chapter 1 of Part 10 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32);”.

Devolution: alignment

3.  An individual who is subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity within the meaning of article 28 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007(2) is to be treated as if the individual were subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity.

Delyth Morgan

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Children, Schools and Families

28th March 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (“the Act”).

Sections 45 to 50 of the Act make provision in relation to the supply of information by supervisory authorities to the Independent Safeguarding Authority, and for the supply of information to supervisory authorities. Article 2 provides that the Secretary of State is a supervisory authority for the purposes of the Act in respect of functions relating to the regulation of independent schools in England.

Article 3 makes provision for a person who is subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 to be treated as if they were subject to monitoring in relation to regulated activity under section 24 of the Act.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2006 c. 47.

(2)

S.I. 2007/1351 (N.I. 11).