Paragraph 1 Modification of section 11 of the Act

In section 11 (requirement to register)—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

after the word “description” on the first occasion where it occurs, insert “or an adult placement scheme”; and

(ii)

after the word “description” on the second occasion where it occurs, insert “or as an adult placement scheme”;

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

after the word “agency” on the first occasion where it occurs, insert “or adult placement scheme”; and

(ii)

after the word “agency” on the second occasion where it occurs, insert “or adult placement scheme (as the case may be)”;

(c)

in subsection (6)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), after the word “agency” insert “or adult placement scheme”; and

(ii)

for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

in the case of a conviction in relation to an establishment or agency, the conviction is a second or subsequent conviction of the offence and the earlier conviction, or one of the earlier convictions, was of an offence in relation to an establishment or agency of the same description; or

(c)

in the case of a conviction in relation to an adult placement scheme, the conviction is a second or subsequent conviction of the offence.”.