{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2009/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2009/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1797",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2009",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 and comes into force on 12th October 2009.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;\n“relative” has the same meaning as in section 105(1) of the Children Act 1989.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 12.10.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41. The definition of “relative” was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1797/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:28.387554+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."
}