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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-commencement-no-6-transitional-provisions-and-savings-amendment-and-commencement-no-7-order-2010/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-commencement-no-6-transitional-provisions-and-savings-amendment-and-commencement-no-7-order-2010/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1101",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings (Amendment)) and (Commencement No. 7) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-commencement-no-6-transitional-provisions-and-savings-amendment-and-commencement-no-7-order-2010",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) Articles 6 to 11 come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;\n“the 2009 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009;\n“CJCSA” means the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;\n“disqualification order” means an order made under section 28, 29 or 29A of CJCSA;\n“disqualified from working with children” means disqualified from working with children for the purposes of Part II of CJCSA;\n“DBS” means the Disclosure and Barring Service;\n“a regulated position” is one falling within section 36 of CJCSA.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 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)(bb) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/2611 (C. 115)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Amendments were made to sections 28 and 29 of CJCSA by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 59(5) and Schedule 11, Part 4, paragraph 35. Section 29A was inserted by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), section 299 and Schedule 30, paragraphs 1 and 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1101/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:44:18.176721+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."
}