Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009

Article 3 of the Order brings into operation Article 7 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (“the Order”) which has the effect of barring from regulated activity a person who is included in one of the barred lists under Article 6 of the Order, namely the children’s barred list and the adults’ barred list. The barred lists are established under Article 6 of the Order and are maintained by the Independent Barring Board (“IBB”) which is a body established under section 1 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c.47).