The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009

PART 1 Introduction

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No.6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;

“the 2008 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2008(1);

“CSA” means the Care Standards Act 2000(2);

“CJCSA” means the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000(3);

“disqualification order” means an order made under section 28, 29 or 29A of CJCSA;

“EA 2002” means the Education Act 2002(4);

“POCA” means the Protection of Children Act 1999(5);

(1)

S.I. 2008/473, amended by S.I. 2009/37.

(2)

2000 c. 14. Section 80 was amended by S.I. 2004/2070 and section 85 by S.I. 2005/1432. Section 89 was amended by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 but the amendments have not been brought into force.

(3)

2000 c. 43. Amendments have been made to sections 28 and 29 of this Act by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 but those amendments are not yet in force. Section 29A was inserted by the Criminal Justice Act 2003, section 299 and Schedule 30, paragraphs 1 and 2.

(4)

2002 c. 32. Section 142 is modified for the purposes of S.I. 2009/12 (transitory provisions relating to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006).

(5)

1999 c. 14. Sections 2C and 2D were inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000 and section 3 was amended by that Act. Sections 4A to 4C were inserted by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000. Section 7 was amended by the Care Standards Act 2000, the Education Act 2002 and the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. Section 9(1) was repealed by S.I. 2008/2833.