{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-prescribed-information-regulations-2008/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-prescribed-information-regulations-2008/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3265",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-prescribed-information-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;\n“employment” includes any arrangement (contractual or otherwise) under or by virtue of which a person (P) is permitted to engage in regulated or controlled activity;\n“P” means any person in relation to whom a person has a duty or power to provide information prescribed in regulations 3 to 11 to IBB for the purposes of sections 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45 and 46 of the Act;\n(2) In these Regulations, a reference to P’s conduct is a reference to any offence which P has committed or is alleged to have committed, any incident involving P or any behaviour or other act or omission of P’s that—\n(a) gave rise to the provision of information to IBB under section 35, 36, 39, 41 or 45 of the Act; or\n(b) in relation to which IBB is considering whether to include or remove P in or from a barred list.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2112",
      "affecting_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/3006",
      "affecting_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3265/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:19:38.925763+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."
}