The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

Positions

4.—(1) The persons referred to in paragraph 1(7) are—

(a) member of the governing body of an educational establishment mentioned in Article 12(5);

(b) member of an HSS body;

(c) director of social services of a Health and Social Services Board ;

(d) director of a Health and Social Services trust responsible for the delivery of personal social services;

(e) member of an education and library board;

(f) chief education officer of an education and library board;

(g) charity trustee of a children’s charity;

(h) Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland;

(i) a controller appointed in respect of a child under Article 101 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 4);

(j) member, chief executive or member of staff of IBB.

(2) A charity is a children’s charity if the individuals who are workers for the charity normally include individuals engaging in regulated activity relating to children.

(3) An individual is a worker for a charity if he does work under arrangements made by the charity; but the arrangements referred to in this sub-paragraph do not include any arrangements made for purposes which are merely incidental to the purposes for which the charity is established.

5.  A person who is part of a group in relation to which another (P) engages in regulated activity relating to children does not engage in regulated activity only because he assists P or does anything on behalf of or under the direction of P which, but for this paragraph, would amount to engaging in regulated activity relating to children.