# The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Devolution and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010, Article 5: Regulated activity: children


(1) Paragraph 4 (office holders etc) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) after paragraph (aa) insert—
“(aaa) member of or clerk to a committee (established in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996) which acts as the management committee of a school falling within section 19(2) or (2B) of that Act (pupil referral units etc) which does not fall within sub-paragraph (1)(a);
(aab) an individual who is the proprietor of an independent school;
(aac) an individual who takes part in the management of an independent school;”,
(b) in paragraph (p) omit “wholly or mainly”, and
(c) after paragraph (r) insert—
“(s) member of a fostering panel;
(t) member of an adoption panel.”
(3) After sub-paragraph (1A) insert—
“(1AA) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(aaa), a person is a clerk to a committee if that person falls within the definition of a clerk to the committee in the regulations made under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996.”
(4) After sub-paragraph (6) insert—
“(6A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(s), a fostering panel is a panel established in accordance with regulations made under section 22(2) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (regulation of establishment or agencies) or regulations made under Part 3 or section 59 of the Children Act 1989 (regulation of foster placements made by local authorities or independent fostering agencies) whose functions include making recommendations as to whether a person is suitable to foster a child.
(6B) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(t), an adoption panel is a panel established in accordance with regulations made under section 9 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (power to regulate adoption etc agencies).”
(5) At the appropriate place in sub-paragraph (7) insert the following—
““independent school” has the same meaning as in section 463 of the Education Act 1996;”
““proprietor” has the same meaning as in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491270/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-regulated-activity-devolution-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2010/article-5
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