The Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009

1.—(1) An offence under any of the following sections of the Sexual Offences Act 1956(1)—

(a) section 1 (rape)(2);

(b) section 2 or 3 (procurement of woman by threats or false pretences);

(c) section 4 (administering drugs to obtain or facilitate intercourse);

(d) section 5 (intercourse with a girl under 13);

(e) section 6 (intercourse with a girl under 16)(3);

(f) section 14 or 15 (indecent assault);

(g) section 16 (assault with intent to commit buggery);

(h) section 17 (abduction of women by force or for the sake of her property);

(i) section 19 or 20 (abduction of girl under 18 or 16);

(j) section 24 (detention of woman in brothel or other premises);

(k) section 25 or 26 (permitting girl under 13, or between 13 and 16, to use premises for intercourse)(4);

(l) section 28 (causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with or indecent assault on, girl under 16).

(2) An offence under section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960 (indecent conduct towards young child)(5).

(3) An offence under section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (inciting girl under 16 to incest)(6).

(4) An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (abuse of trust)(7).

(5) An offence under section 70 of the 1989 Act, section 16 of the Foster Children Act 1980 or section 14 of the Children Act 1958 (offences relating to private fostering)(8).

(6) An offence under section 63(10) of, paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 5 to, or paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 6 to, the 1989 Act (offences relating to voluntary homes and children’s homes)(9).

(1)

1956 c. 69.

(2)

Section 1 was substituted by section 142 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (“the 1994 Act”) and repealed by paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) (“the 2003 Act”). Sections 2 to 6, 14 to 17, 19, 20, 24 to 26 and 28 were also repealed by this provision of the 2003 Act.

(3)

Section 6 was repealed in part by Schedule 2 to the Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58) and in full by the 2003 Act.

(4)

Section 26 was repealed in part by section 10 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967 and in full by the 2003 Act.

(5)

1960 c. 33. Section 1 was amended by section 39 of the 2000 Act and repealed by the 2003 Act.

(6)

1977 c. 45. Section 54 was repealed by the 2003 Act.

(7)

2000 c. 44. Section 3 extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland (see section 7(2) and (4)) but was repealed in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland by the 2003 Act.

(8)

Section 14 was repealed by the Foster Children Act 1980.

(9)

Each of these provisions was repealed by the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14).