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Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007
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Part 1Preliminary
Regulated work with children
1Regulated work with children is work in—
(a)a position whose normal duties include carrying out an activity mentioned in Part 2,
(b)a position (other than a position mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)) whose normal duties include work in an establishment mentioned in Part 3,
(c)a position mentioned in Part 4, or
(d)a position whose normal duties include the day to day supervision or management of an individual doing regulated work with children by virtue of sub-paragraph (a) or (b).
Exceptions relating to children’s employment and work
2Work which would be regulated work with children by virtue of any of paragraphs 3 to 7 is not, despite those provisions, regulated work with children if—
(a)the activity concerned is carried out in relation to children aged 16 or 17 in the course of the children’s work, or
(b)in the case of the activities referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6, the activity is carried out in relation to children under the age of 16 in the course of the children’s employment.
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