{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/section-65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/section-65.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/9",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Freedoms Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012",
  "path": "section/65",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "Restriction of definition of vulnerable adults",
  "text": "(1) Omit section 59 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (definition of vulnerable adults).\n(2) In section 60(1) of that Act (interpretation of Act)—\n(a) after “In this Act—” insert—\n““adult” means a person who has attained the age of 18;”, and”\n(b) in the definition of “vulnerable adult”, for the words “must be construed in accordance with section 59” substitute “ means any adult to whom an activity which is a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults by virtue of any paragraph of paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4 is provided ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 65 in force at 10.9.2012 immediately after the coming into force of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157) by S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(b) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/section/65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:55.374488+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."
}