The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings (Amendment)) and (Commencement No. 7) Order 2010

PART 1Introduction

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings (Amendment)) and (Commencement No. 7) Order 2010.

Commencement and interpretation

2.—(1) Articles 6 to 11 come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.

(2) In this Order—

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

“the 2009 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009(1);

“CJCSA” means the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000(2);

“disqualification order” means an order made under section 28, 29 or 29A of CJCSA(3);

“disqualified from working with children” means disqualified from working with children for the purposes of Part II of CJCSA;

“ISA” means the Independent Safeguarding Authority(4);

“a regulated position” is one falling within section 36 of CJCSA.

(3)

Amendments were made to sections 28 and 29 of CJCSA by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 59(5) and Schedule 11, Part 4, paragraph 35. Section 29A was inserted by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), section 299 and Schedule 30, paragraphs 1 and 2.

(4)

The ISA was established under section 1 of the Act as the Independent Barring Board or IBB. Section 81 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) renames the IBB as the Independent Safeguarding Authority or ISA. References to the Independent Barring Board or IBB in the Act and in other legislation are replaced with (or are to be read as) references to the Independent Safeguarding Authority or ISA.