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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-3-order-2012/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2234",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-3-order-2012",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In articles 8, 10, 12, 14 and 15—\n“the 2006 Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;\n“the 2007 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007;\n“DBS” means the Disclosure and Barring Service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 6 substituted (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 13(1)(3)(ee) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2234/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:40.493383+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."
}