
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and, subject to paragraph (2) below, comes into operation on 10th September 2012.
(2) Articles 5 to 7 of this Order come into operation on 10th September 2012 immediately after the commencement of paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
2 
In this Order—
 “the 2007 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.
3 
For the purposes of Articles 45(7) and 50(6) of the 2007 Order, each of the following is a list corresponding to the children’s barred list—
(a) the list maintained under section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007;
(b) the list maintained under section 2(1)(a) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
4 
For the purposes of Articles 45(7) and 51(6) of the 2007 Order, each of the following is a list corresponding to the adults’ barred list—
(a) the list maintained under section 1(1)(b) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007;
(b) the list maintained under section 2(1)(b) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
5 
The provision to an adult of health care (as defined in paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Order) by a person who is not, but who acts under the direction or supervision of, a health care professional (as defined in paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Order) is not to be treated as a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults where that health care—
(a) is provided under regulations under Article 62 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 in practice premises or as mobile services; or
(b) is provided in a registered pharmacy (within the meaning of Part IV of the Medicines Act 1968).
6 
For the purposes of Article 5—
(a) “practice premises” means the address which is included in relation to the contractor in the ophthalmic list in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 as the address at which services are to be provided;
(b) “mobile services” means mobile services within the meaning of the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.
7 
The provision to an adult of physical assistance in connection with the care of hair (within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B)(a)(vi) of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Order) is not to be treated as a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults where that assistance relates solely to the cutting of the adult’s hair.
James Brokenshire
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
14th August 2012