Interpretation of this Part49

• “agencies” means—

  1. a

     the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

  2. b

     the Probation Board for Northern Ireland;

  3. c

     the Department of Education;

  4. d

     the Department for Employment and Learning;

  5. e

     the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;

  6. f

     the Department for Social Development;

  7. g

     F4... F1HSC trusts ;

  8. h

     Education and Library Boards;

  9. i

     the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;

  10. j

      the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children;

• F2“child” means a person under the age of 18;

• “conviction” includes—

  1. i

     a conviction by or before a court outside Northern Ireland;

  2. ii

     any finding (other than a finding linked with a finding of insanity) in any criminal proceedings that a person has committed an offence or done the act or made the omission charged;

  3. iii

     a caution given to a person in respect of an offence which, at the time when the caution was given, the person has admitted;

• “serious harm” means death or serious personal injury, whether physical or psychological;

• “specified” means specified in guidance under Article 50.

• F3“relevant previous conviction”, in relation to a person, means a conviction for a sexual or violent offence by reason of which the person falls within a specified description of persons;