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PART 1Introduction

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Transitory Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 and comes into operation on 13th March 2009.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 2007 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007;

“the 2003 Order” means the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(1);

“the 2007 Regulations” means the Education (Prohibition from Teaching or Working with Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(2);

“the relevant period” means the period starting on the day on which this Order comes into operation and ending on the day on which Article 7 of the 2007 Order comes into operation for all purposes.

(1)

S.I. 2003/417 (N.I. 4). The 2003 Order is to be repealed by Schedule 8 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.