The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Articles 3 and 4 of this Order specify that the lists maintained under section 1 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Scottish barred lists”) and section 2 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (“the England and Wales barred lists”) are lists corresponding to the children’s and adults’ barred lists for the purposes of Articles 45, 50 and 51 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”). This means that the Independent Safeguarding Authority (“ISA”), when responding to a request for information by, or proactively notifying, a keeper of a relevant register (for example the Northern Ireland Social Care Council) under Article 45 of the 2007 Order, will include information as to whether the particular person is on the barred list(s), and the Scottish barred list(s) and the England and Wales barred list(s) (as the case may be). This also means that when the ISA proactively notifies supervisory authorities (for example the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority) under Article 50 of the 2007 Order as to whether a particular person is on the children’s barred list, this will include information as to whether the particular person is also on the Scottish children’s barred list and the England and Wales children’s barred list (as the case may be). When the ISA proactively notifies supervisory authorities under Article 51 of the 2007 Order as to whether a person is on the adults’ barred list, this will include information as to whether the particular person is also on the Scottish adults’ barred list and the England and Wales adults’ barred list (as the case may be).