2009 No. 21
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria) (Foreign Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made
Coming into operation
To be laid before Parliament
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 61(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 20071.
Citation and Commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria) (Foreign Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 27th February 2009.
Interpretation2
In this Order the “2007 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.
Amendment to paragraph 24 of Schedule 13
1
Paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 (prescribed criteria) to the 2007 Order is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
For paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (2) substitute—
a
the law of a country or territory outside Northern Ireland;
3
After sub-paragraph (9) insert—
10
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a) in its application to an offence committed outside the British Islands the Secretary of State must not specify the offence unless—
a
the conduct which constitutes the offence would, if carried out in Northern Ireland, amount to an offence under the law of Northern Ireland (the equivalent offence), and
b
the equivalent offence is also specified for the purposes of paragraph 1, 2, 7 or 8 (as the case may be).
Amendment to paragraph 25 of Schedule 14
1
Paragraph 25 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Order is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
The existing words of the paragraph shall become sub-paragraph (1).
3
After sub-paragraph (1) insert—
2
This paragraph does not apply to convictions by or before a court in a country or territory outside Northern Ireland.
(This note is not part of the Order)