UK Act of Parliament 2007 Northern Ireland

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Part 1

Title and commencement

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s.art001 Title and commencement
Part 2

Interpretation

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s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Vulnerable adults
s.art004 Family and personal relationships
Part 3

Barring

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s.art005 The Disclosure and Barring Service
s.art006 Barred lists
s.art007 Barred persons
s.art008 Appeals
Part 4

Regulated activity

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s.art009 Regulated activity
Part 5

Regulated activity providers

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s.art010 Regulated activity providers
Part 6

Restrictions on participating in regulated activity

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s.art011 Barred person not to engage in regulated activity
s.art012 Person not to engage in regulated activity unless subject to monitoring
s.art013 Use of barred person for regulated activity
s.art014 Use of person not subject to monitoring for regulated activity
s.art015 Regulated activity provider: failure to check
s.art016 Personnel suppliers: failure to check
s.art017 Educational establishments: check on members of governing body
s.art018 Office holders: offences
s.art019 Articles 17 and 18: checks
Part 7

Offences: supplementary

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s.art022 Offences: companies, etc.
s.art023 Offences: other persons
s.art024 Article 23: exclusions and defences
Part 8

Controlled activity

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s.art025 Controlled activity relating to children
s.art026 Controlled activity relating to vulnerable adults
s.art027 Controlled activity: regulations
Part 9

Monitoring

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s.art028 Monitoring
s.art028 Monitoring: power to prescribe additional fees
s.art029 Monitoring fees
s.art030 Ceasing monitoring
s.art031 Prohibition of requirement to produce certain records
Part 10

Notices and information

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s.art038 Personnel suppliers: duty to refer Regulated
  • Report workers to DBS if they may harm children or vulnerable adultsDistributor
s.art039 Regulated activity providers: duty to provide information on request etc. Regulated
  • Provide prescribed information to DBS when requested about a person in a barred list reviewDistributor
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.art032 Provision of vetting information
s.art033 Meaning of relevant information in Article 32
s.art034 Notification of cessation of monitoring
s.art035 Cessation of registration
s.art036 Declarations under Articles 32 and 34
s.art036 Notification of proposal to include person in children's barred list
s.art036 Notification of proposal to include person in adults' barred list
s.art036 Articles 36A and 36B: notification of outcome
s.art037 Regulated activity providers: duty to refer
s.art040 Duty to provide information: offences
Part 11

Education and Library Boards and HSC Bodies

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s.art041 The Education Authority and HSC Bodies: power to refer
s.art042 The Education Authority and HSC bodies: duty to provide information on request
Part 12

Professional bodies and supervisory authorities

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s.art043 Registers: power to refer
s.art044 Registers: duty to provide information on request
s.art045 Registers: provision of barring information to keepers of registers
s.art046 Registers: power to apply for vetting information
s.art047 Supervisory authorities: power to refer
s.art048 Supervisory authorities: duty to provide information on request
s.art049 Supervisory authorities: power to apply for certain barring information
s.art050 Supervisory authorities: notification of barring, etc in respect of children
s.art051 Supervisory authorities: notification of barring, etc. in respect of vulnerable adults
s.art052 Provision of information to supervisory authorities
Part 13

Provision of information to the police

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s.art052 Provision of information to the police etc.
Part 14

Miscellaneous

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s.art053 Crown application
s.art054 Referrals: findings of fact immaterial
s.art055 Fostering
s.art056 Alignment with rest of UK
Part 15

General

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s.art057 Damages
s.art058 Orders and regulations
s.art059 Transitional provision
s.art060 Amendments and repeals
s.art061 Supplementary, incidental, consequential etc. provision
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch001 (1) DBS must not include a person in the adults'... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DBS must not bar a person if already considered by a Scottish authorityStatutory regulator
s.sch001 (1) DBSmust ensure that in respect of any information it... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DBS must consider all received information for barred list decisionsStatutory regulator
s.sch001 When an individual is included in a barred list DBS... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DBS must notify individuals when placed on a barred listStatutory regulator
s.sch001 (1) A person who is included in a barred list... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DBS must review a person's inclusion in a barred list on applicationStatutory regulator
s.sch001 (1) DBS may require— (a) any person who holds records... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Police must share conviction and caution records with DBS for barred list checksCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch001 DBS must provide the Secretary of State with the prescribed... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DBS must provide prescribed information to the Secretary of State about barred personsStatutory regulator
s.sch001 (1) DBS must not include a person in the children's... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DBS must not duplicate Scottish barring decisionsStatutory regulator
s.sch002 (1) The Secretary of State must give guidance for the... Regulated
  • Have regard to guidance on supervision of child-regulated activityDistributor
s.sch006 (1) DBS must provide the Department of Health, Social Services... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DBS must advise Northern Ireland departments on barring decisionsCrown / Minister / Government department
64 other schedules
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if any of...
s.sch001 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 9 relevant conduct is—...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if—
s.sch001 (1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision...
s.sch001 (1) A person who is, by virtue of any provision...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person who is included...
s.sch001 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if a person's inclusion in a...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if any of...
s.sch001 (1) The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety...
s.sch001 DBS must inform the Scottish Ministers if a person is...
s.sch001 DBS may— (a) at the request of the Secretary of...
s.sch001 (1) The criteria which may be prescribed for the purposes...
s.sch001 (1) A court by or before which a person is...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if—
s.sch001 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 3 relevant conduct is—...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if—
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if any of...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if any of...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a person if—
s.sch002 (1) An activity is a regulated activity relating to children...
s.sch002 (1) The period condition is satisfied if the person carrying...
s.sch002 (1) The activities referred to in paragraph 1(1) are—
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s.sch002 A person who is part of a group in relation...
s.sch002 The Secretary of State may, by order, provide that in...
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s.sch005 This is the table referred to in Articles 32A and...
s.sch005 The Secretary of State may by order amend this Schedule...
s.sch005 (1) In entries 1 and 5 in the table the...
s.sch005 Parental responsibility has the same meaning as in the Children...
s.sch005 A regulated activity provider is an independent regulated activity provider...
s.sch005 An adult placement scheme is a scheme—
s.sch006 (1) This paragraph applies to a person who is—
s.sch006 (1) This paragraph applies to a person who is included...
s.sch006 An order under paragraph 2 or 3 may—
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s.sch007 (1) In Article 109 (persons disqualified from being private foster...
s.sch007 (1) In Article 70(2)(e) (regulations for prohibiting or restricting employment...
s.sch007 In section 126 after subsection (2) add—
s.sch007 (1) In section 56 (prohibition of requirement as to production...
s.sch007 In section 5 after subsection (3) add—
2 other provisions
s.art020 Exception to requirement to make monitoring check
s.art021 HSS employment

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