Safeguarding

39Sections 36 and 37: interpretation

1

In sections 36 and 37—

  • “barred list” has the same meaning as in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;

  • “child” means a person aged under 18;

  • “diocesan safeguarding advisor” means the person appointed as such under Canon C 30 for the diocese in question;

  • “vulnerable adult” has the same meaning as in the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.

2

A reference in those sections to an offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 is a reference to an offence which is—

a

mentioned in that Schedule as amended, extended or applied from time to time, or

b

treated by an enactment (whenever passed or made) as if it were mentioned in that Schedule.