Contents
1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 12th October 2009.
2Vulnerable adults - welfare service of a prescribed description#
The provision of support, assistance or advice by any person, the purpose of which is to develop an individual’s capacity to live independently in accommodation, or sustain their capacity to do so, is a welfare service prescribed for the purpose of section 59(1)(g) of the Act.
3Regulated activity (driving a vehicle - prescribed circumstances relating to children)#
Driving a vehicle which is being used only for the purpose of conveying children and any person supervising or caring for them is a regulated activity under paragraph 2(1)(f) of Schedule 4 to the Act in the following circumstances—
(a)a person (P) makes an arrangement (under a contract or otherwise) for children to be conveyed in a vehicle;
(b)the arrangement is made between P and a person (B) or between P and a person with whom B is engaging in any form of work (whether or not for gain); and
(c)B drives the vehicle and conveys the children pursuant to that arrangement.
4Regulated activity (driving a vehicle - prescribed circumstances relating to vulnerable adults)#
Driving a vehicle which is being used only for the purpose of conveying vulnerable adults and any person caring for them is a regulated activity under paragraph 7(1)(f) of Schedule 4 to the Act in the following circumstances—
(a)a person (P) makes an arrangement (under a contract or otherwise) for vulnerable adults to be conveyed in a vehicle;
(b)the arrangement is made between P and a person (B) or between P and a person with whom B is engaging in any form of work (whether or not for gain); and
(c)B drives the vehicle and conveys the vulnerable adults pursuant to that arrangement.
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