2009 No. 39
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made 6th February 2009
Coming into operation 13th March 2009
To be laid before Parliament

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 61(1) and (3) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 7(1), 8(1) and 24(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.
Each of paragraph 1(1), 2(1), 7(1) and 8(1) of Schedule 1 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) refers to criteria prescribed for the purposes of those paragraphs. Article 2(2) of the 2007 Order defines “prescribed” as meaning prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State. Paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Order makes provision as to the criteria that may be prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 1, 2, 7 and 8 of that Schedule.
S.I. 2007/1351 (N.I. 11).