Explanatory Memorandum to Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 Explanatory Memorandum

1. Introduction

2. Background and Policy Objectives

3. Consultation

4. Main Elements of the Order

5. Commentary on Articles

   1. Article 5: The Independent Barring Board

   2. Article 6: Barred Lists

   3. Schedule 1: Barred Lists

   4. Article 7: Barred Persons

   5. Article 8: Appeals

   6. Article 9: Regulated Activity

   7. Schedule 2: Regulated Activity

   8. Article 10: Regulated Activity Providers

   9. Article 11: Barred person not to engage in regulated activity

   10. Article 12: Person not to engage in regulated activity unless subject to monitoring

   11. Article 13: Use of barred person for regulated activity

   12. Article 14: Use of person not subject to monitoring for regulated activity

   13. Article 15: Regulated provider: failure to check

   14. Schedule 3: Appropriate verification

   15. Article 16: Personnel suppliers: failure to check

   16. Schedule 4: Employment Businesses: failure to check

   17. Article 17: Educational establishments: checks on members of governing body

   18. Article 18: Office holders: offences

   19. Article 20: Exception to requirement to make monitoring check

   20. Article 21: Employment by HSS Body

   21. Article 22 and 23: Offences

   22. Article 25: Controlled activity relating to children

   23. Article 26: Controlled activity relating to vulnerable adults

   24. Article 27: Controlled activity: regulations

   25. Article 28: Monitoring

   26. Article 29: Monitoring fees

   27. Article 31: Prohibition of requirement to produce certain records

   28. Article 32: Provision of vetting information

   29. Schedule 5: Vetting information

   30. Article 33: Meaning of relevant information in Article 32

   31. Article 34: Notification of cessation of monitoring

   32. Article 35: Cessation of registration

   33. Article 36: Declarations under articles 32 and 34

   34. Article 37: Regulated activity providers: duty to refer

   35. Article 38: Personnel suppliers: duty to refer

   36. Article 39: Regulated activity providers: duty to provide information on request

   37. Article 40: Duty to provide information: offences

   38. Article 41 and 42: Education and Library Boards and HSS Bodies: duty to refer and duty to provide information on request

   39. Articles 43 to 46: Registers

   40. Articles 47 to 52: Supervisory Authorities

   41. Article 53: Crown application

   42. Article 55: Fostering

   43. Article 56: Alignment with the rest of the UK

   44. Article 59: Transitional provisions

   45. Schedule 6: Transitional provisions

6. Commencement