Education (Prohibition from Teaching or Working with Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Automatic prohibition

6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), this regulation applies if, in relation to a person—

(a) any of conditions A to F is satisfied; and

(b) (i) if any of conditions C to E is satisfied, paragraph 10 of Part 1 of the Schedule is also satisfied; and

(ii) if condition C or D is satisfied, paragraph 11 of that Part is also satisfied.

(2) If the Department is satisfied that this regulation applies to a person it shall prohibit that person from teaching or working with children and—

(a) where the person is so prohibited because condition A applies, the prohibition must be on the grounds that the person is included (otherwise than provisionally) in the list kept by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety under Article 3 of the 2003 Order; or

(b) where the person is so prohibited because any of conditions B to F apply, the prohibition must be on the grounds that the person is unsuitable to work with children.

(3) This regulation does not apply if, in relation to an offence, the Department is aware that the court, having considered whether to make a disqualification order, decided not to.