PART XICHILD MINDING AND DAY CARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

Disqualified persons122

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;

F1fa

he is barred from regulated activity relating to children (within the meaning of Article 7(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007);

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.