Prospective

Safeguarding E

39 Sections 36 and 37: interpretation E

(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.