{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2009/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2009/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exceptions - regulated activity relating to children",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The fostering of a child (C) is not to be treated as a regulated activity where—\n(a) a person (F) is barred from engaging in regulated activity relating to children,\n(b) C is being looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989 or section 74 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014,,\n(c) the local authority that looks after C is satisfied that C’s welfare requires that C is fostered by F, and\n(d) either—\n(i) F or a member of F’s household is a relative of C, or\n(ii) C was being fostered by F immediately before F was barred from engaging in regulated activity relating to children.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3(1) omitted (10.9.2012) by virtue of The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157), arts. 1(1), 4(a) (with arts. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(2)(a) substituted (10.9.2012) by The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157), arts. 1(1), 4(b) (with arts. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(2)(b) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 112"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(2)(d)(ii) substituted (10.9.2012) by The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2157), arts. 1(1), 4(c) (with arts. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 12.10.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1797/article/3",
    "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."
}