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The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

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Disqualified persons

122.—(1) A person shall not be registered under Article 118 if—

(a)he is disqualified by regulations made by the Department for the purposes of this Article; and

(b)he has not disclosed that fact to the authority and obtained its written consent.

(2) The regulations may, in particular, provide for a person to be disqualified where—

(a)an order of a prescribed kind has been made at any time with respect to him;

(b)an order of a prescribed kind has been made at any time with respect to any child who has been in his care;

(c)a requirement of a prescribed kind has been imposed at any time with respect to such a child under any statutory provision;

(d)he has at any time been refused registration under this Part or any other prescribed statutory provision or had any such registration cancelled;

(e)he has been convicted of any offence of a prescribed kind, or has been placed on probation or discharged absolutely or conditionally for any such offence;

(f)he has at any time been disqualified from fostering a child privately;

(g)a prohibition has been imposed on him at any time under Article 110 or any other prescribed statutory provision; or

(h)his rights and powers with respect to a child have at any time been vested in a prescribed body under a prescribed statutory provision.

(3) A person who lives—

(a)in the same household as a person who is himself disqualified by the regulations; or

(b)in a household at which any such person is employed,

shall be disqualified unless he has disclosed the fact to the authority and obtained its written consent.

(4) A person who is disqualified shall not provide day care, or be concerned in the management of, or have any financial interest in, any provision of day care unless he has—

(a)disclosed the fact to the authority; and

(b)obtained its written consent.

(5) No person shall employ, in connection with the provision of day care, a person who is disqualified, unless he has—

(a)disclosed to the authority the fact that that person is so disqualified; and

(b)obtained its written consent.

(6) In this Article “statutory provision” includes any statutory provision having effect at any time in any part of the United Kingdom.

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