1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 5) Order 2009 and comes into force on 12th October 2009.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;
“the 1999 Act” means the Protection of Children Act 1999(1);
“the 2000 Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000(2);
“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002(3);
“relevant person” means a person who immediately before the relevant day—
is engaging in regulated activity with the permission of a regulated activity provider, and
is not included in the list kept under section 1 of the 1999 Act or the list kept under section 81 of the 2000 Act, subject to a direction under section 142 of the 2002 Act or barred from regulated activity;
“relevant day” means the first day on which a person may make a monitoring application;
“the first transitional period” means the period starting on the day on which this Order comes into force and ending immediately before the relevant day;
“the second transitional period” means the period starting on the relevant day and ending on the day on which Schedule 10 to the Act comes into force in relation to the 1999 Act, the 2000 Act and the 2002 Act for all purposes;
“the third transitional period” means the period starting on the day on which this Order comes into force and ending on the day on which section 24 of the Act comes into force in relation to relevant persons.
2. 12th October 2009 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a)paragraph 14 of Schedule 9, in relation to England and Wales;
(b)Schedule 10 in so far as it relates to the repeal of sections 113C, 113D and 113F of the Police Act 1997(4);
(c)section 63 in so far as it relates to the provisions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).
3. The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitory Provisions) Order 2009(5) is revoked.