# The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the first Commencement Order made under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (“the Act”).
Article 2 lists the provisions of the Act which are to come into force on 31st December 2007 for the purposes of making secondary legislation. Article 3 lists the provisions which are to come into force on 2nd January 2008, bringing the Independent Barring Board (“IBB”) into existence, whilst Article 4 lists those provisions that are to come into force, in whole or in part, on 11th February 2008. That date will mark the beginning of the transitional period during which those people who are included in lists maintained under the Protection of Children Act 1999 or the Care Standards Act 2000, or who are subject to a direction under section 142 of the Education Act 2002, will be included, or will be considered by IBB for inclusion in, the children’s barred list or the adults’ barred list which IBB must maintain under section 2 of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3545/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-commencement-no-1-order-2007/note
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