{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-controlled-activity-and-prescribed-criteria-regulations-2012/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111524275",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Prescribed Criteria) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-controlled-activity-and-prescribed-criteria-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Prescribed Criteria) Regulations 2012 and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) shall come into force the day after the day on which they are made.\n(2) Regulation 2 shall come into force 14 days after the day on which these Regulations are made.\n(3) Regulation 3 shall come into force 21 days after the day on which these Regulations are made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111524275/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:50.397936+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}