Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)

General E+W+N.I.

60 Interpretation E+W+N.I.

(1) 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);

• [F2 “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—

  (a)

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

  (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” [F4 means 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].

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

F5 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Definition in s. 60(1) inserted (E.W.) (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 65(2)(a), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(b)

F2 Definition in s. 60(1) inserted (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 5 (with Pt. 4)

F3 Words in s. 60(1) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 70(2), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(iv)

F4 Words in s. 60(1) substituted (E.W.) (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 65(2)(b), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(b)

F5 S. 60(3) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157)) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 70(3), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(iv)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 60 in force at 31.3.2008 for specified purposes for N.I. by S.I. 2008/930, art. 2(b)

I2 S. 60 in force at 12.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/2611, art. 2, Sch.

I3 S. 60(1) in force at 31.12.2007 for specified purposes for E.W. by S.I. 2007/3545, art. 2(f)

I4 S. 60(1)(4) in force at 11.2.2008 for specified purposes for E.W. by S.I. 2007/3545, art. 4(p)