In this Act—

• F1 “ adult ” means a person who has attained the age of 18;

• “the adults' barred list” must be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(b);

• “barred list” means the children's barred list or the adults' barred list;

• “child” means a person who has not attained the age of 18;

• “the children's barred list” must be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(a);

• F5“DBS” means the Disclosure and Barring Service established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012;

• “educational institution” includes any training provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18)), whether or not the training provider would otherwise be regarded as an institution;

• “employment agency” and “employment business” must be construed in accordance with the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35);

• “personnel supplier” means—

  1. a

     a person carrying on an employment agency or an employment business, or

  2. b

     an educational institution which supplies to another person a student who is following a course at the institution, for the purpose of enabling the student to obtain experience of engaging in regulated F3... activity;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “supervisory authority” must be construed in accordance with section 45(7);

• “vulnerable adult” F2means any adult to whom an activity which is a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults by virtue of any paragraph of paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4 is provided.

A reference (however expressed) to a person being barred must be construed in accordance with section 3.

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Nothing in this Act affects any power to provide information that exists apart from this Act.