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The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009

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2.—(1) A person (P) who falls within section 59(9)(b) of the Act is not to be treated as a vulnerable adult for the purposes of section 59(1)(h) of the Act where—

(a)P has one or more of the disabilities mentioned in paragraph (2),

(b)P has no other form of disability, and

(c)P receives a service or participates in an activity provided specifically for persons with a disability mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2) The disabilities referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)dyslexia;

(b)dyscalculia;

(c)dyspraxia;

(d)Irlen syndrome;

(e)alexia;

(f)auditory processing disorder;

(g)dysgraphia.

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