# The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008, Paragraph 1


The offences specified for the purposes of regulation 2 are—
(a) the offence of rape contrary to the common law of Scotland, where the offence was committed against a child;
(b) the offence of rape contrary to the common law of Northern Ireland, where the offence was committed against a child;
(c) any offence contrary to a provision specified in the first column of Part 1 of the table set out in this paragraph, where it was committed in circumstances specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Part of that table;
(d) any offence contrary to a provision specified in Part 2 of that table;
(e) any offence contrary to—
(i) section 70 of the Army Act 1955,
(ii) section 70 of the Air Force Act 1955, or
(iii) section 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957,
which corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in the first column of Part 1 of that table and which was committed in circumstances specified in the entry in the second column of that Part of that table that corresponds to the relevant entry in the first column of that Part of that table;
(f) any offence contrary to—
(i) section 70 of the Army Act 1955,
(ii) section 70 of the Air Force Act 1955, or
(iii) section 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957,
which corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in Part 2 of that table; and
(g) any offence contrary to section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 where—
(i) the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is one contrary to a provision specified in the first column of Part 1 of that table, and the offence under the Armed Forces Act 2006 was committed in circumstances specified in the entry in the second column of that Part of that table that corresponds to the relevant entry in the first column of that Part of that table, or
(ii) the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is one contrary to a provision specified in Part 2 of that table.
Table
Part 1
Provision
Circumstances
Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 1
The offence was committed against a child
Mental Health Act 1959, section 128
The offence was committed against a child
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Article 122(1)(a)
The offence was committed against a child
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Article 123
The offence was committed against a child
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, section 311
The offence was committed against a child
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, section 313
The offence was committed against a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 1
The offence was committed against a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 2
The offence was committed against a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 30
The offence was committed against a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 31
The person caused or incited to engage in sexual activity was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 32
The person who was present or in a place from which the person committing the offence could be observed was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 33
The person caused to watch the sexual activity in question was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 34
The offence was committed against a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 35
The person induced, threatened or deceived was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 36
The person who agreed to be present or in a place from which the person committing the offence could be observed was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 37
The person induced, threatened or deceived was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 38
The offence was committed against a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 39
The person caused or incited to engage in sexual activity was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 40
The person who was present or in a place from which the person committing the offence could be observed was a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 41
The person caused to watch the sexual activity in question was a child
Part 2
Provision
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, section 4
Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 5
Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, section 5(1) or (2)
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 5
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 6
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 7
Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 8

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