Contents
- 1 Citation and commencement
- 2 Circumstances in which a responsible person must not permit another to engage in a controlled activity in England relating to children
- 3 Circumstances in which a responsible person must not permit another to engage in controlled activity in England relating to vulnerable adults
- 4 Modification of section 113A of the Police Act 1997
- 5 Modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997: assessment of suitability for work which is a controlled activity relating to children
- 6 Modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997: assessment of suitability for work which is a controlled activity relating to vulnerable adults
- 7 Modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997: assessment of suitability for work which is a controlled activity relating to children and for work which is a controlled activity relating to vulnerable adults
- 8 Further modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997
- 9 Amendment of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009
1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2010 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2Circumstances in which a responsible person must not permit another to engage in a controlled activity in England relating to children#
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3Circumstances in which a responsible person must not permit another to engage in controlled activity in England relating to vulnerable adults#
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4Modification of section 113A of the Police Act 1997#
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5Modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997: assessment of suitability for work which is a controlled activity relating to children#
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6Modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997: assessment of suitability for work which is a controlled activity relating to vulnerable adults#
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7Modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997: assessment of suitability for work which is a controlled activity relating to children and for work which is a controlled activity relating to vulnerable adults#
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8Further modification of section 113B of the Police Act 1997#
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9Amendment of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009#
(1)The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 are amended as follows.
(2)In regulation 1—
(a)for paragraphs (6) and (7), substitute—“6 In regulations 3 to 6—a a reference to an offence, A, specified in the Schedule includes a reference to an offence, B, which in relation to offence A is a connected offence, andb a reference to being convicted of an offence specified in the Schedule includes a reference to being convicted of—i an Islands offence, orii a relevant foreign offence.7 In paragraph (6)(b), an Islands offence is an offence satisfying the criteria in paragraph (7A) and a relevant foreign offence is an offence satisfying the criteria in paragraph (8).7A The criteria are that—a the offence is one under the law in force in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;b the conduct which constitutes the offence would, if carried out in England and Wales, amount to an equivalent offence which is specified in the Schedule; andc where the equivalent offence is one specified in paragraph 1(a) to (c), (e) or (g)(i), 2(b)(ii) to (v), (c), (d)(ii), (e), (g) or (i)(i) or 4(b)(ii) to (vii), (c), (d)(ii), (e), (g) or (i)(i) of the Schedule, the offence was committed in relevant circumstances relating to the equivalent offence.”
(b)after paragraph (8), insert—“8A For the purposes of paragraph (7A), an act punishable under the law in force in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands constitutes an offence under that law however it is described in that law.”
(3)In paragraph 2 of the Schedule, in Part 2 of the table omit—
(a)“Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, section 9”, and
(b)“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976, section 3”.
(4)In paragraph 4 of the Schedule, in Part 1 of the table—
(a)at the appropriate places in the first column, insert—
(i)“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 66”,
(ii)“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 67”,
(iii)“Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Article 70”, and
(iv)“Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Article 71”;
(b)in the second column, at places that correspond with each of the entries mentioned in subparagraph (a), insert “The offence was committed against a child under the age of 16”;
(c)in the first column, omit—
(i)“Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 1”, and
(ii)“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 1”; and
(d)in the second column, omit the entries that correspond with the entries mentioned in subparagraph (c).
(5)In paragraph 4 of the Schedule, in Part 2 of the table—
(a)omit—
(i)“Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, section 9”,
(ii)“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 66”,
(iii)“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 67”,
(iv)“Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Article 70”, and
(v)“Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Article 71”; and
(b)at the appropriate places in the first column insert—
(i)“Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 1”, and
(ii)“Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 1”.
(6)Article 24(3)(b) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Miscellaneous Provisions and Commencement No. 5) Order 2009 is revoked.
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